The choice of Paris by Jacob Jordaens

The choice of Paris by Jacob Jordaens

A painting by the Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens “The Choice of Paris”. The size of the picture is 96 x 118 cm, canvas, oil. Actually, this canvas of the early period of the artist’s work is known under another classic title “The Court of Paris”.

The picture of the mythological theme “The Choice of Paris” by Jacob Jordaens tells about the classic plot of ancient Greek legends according to which a simple shepherd of ideological herds of Paris should be resolved by the command of the gods of the three goddesses of Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, who is the most beautiful. The choice of Paris in the future led to the Trojan War.

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