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Source Description
This lovely young woman's fanciful headdress marks her as Venus and not Eve. She was once part of a group of statuettes that recreated the classical myth of the Judgment of Paris. In a contest conceived by the goddess of Discord, the Trojan prince Paris was asked to judge who among Venus (goddess of love), Juno (wife of Jupiter, king of the Olympian gods), and Minerva (celebrated for her wisdom) was the most beautiful; a golden apple was presented to the winner. Venus here holds the apple that memorialized her triumph. Although the subject is from classical antiquity, the rounded proportions of the figure are thoroughly "modern" German.
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Document identity
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27341
label
Venus Holding an Apple
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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27341
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object
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normalized
title
Venus Holding an Apple
description
This lovely young woman's fanciful headdress marks her as Venus and not Eve. She was once part of a group of statuettes that recreated the classical myth of the Judgment of Paris. In a contest conceived by the goddess of Discord, the Trojan prince Paris was asked to judge who among Venus (goddess of love), Juno (wife of Jupiter, king of the Olympian gods), and Minerva (celebrated for her wisdom) was the most beautiful; a golden apple was presented to the winner. Venus here holds the apple that memorialized her triumph. Although the subject is from classical antiquity, the rounded proportions of the figure are thoroughly "modern" German.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1530-1540 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Wood
statuettes (statues)
figurines
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
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boxwood
creator_ids
5765
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
1994
2744
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1
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0
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photo
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