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Cartoon based on the painting of the Judgment of Paris by Rubens. Two naked heavy women (Venus and Juno) stand on the scales of a balance, a third (Minerva) looks on. In the clouds Mercury, on the right a fat Dutchman with a piece of cheese pinned to a knife as Paris. Inscribed at the top is 'the Statholder', suggesting that the print has a political significance associated with Stadholder William V. Beauty in the Scales, 1794 The scale of Beauty., print maker: anonymous, intermediary draughtsman: Monogrammist TK, (mentioned on object), publisher: Samuel Knight, (mentioned on object), print maker: England, publisher: London, 10-Mar-1794, paper, etching, h 228 mm × w 305 mm.

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Cartoon based on the painting of the Judgment of Paris by Rubens. Two naked heavy women (Venus and Juno) stand on the scales of a balance, a third (Minerva) looks on. In the clouds Mercury, on the right a fat Dutchman with a piece of cheese pinned to a knife as Paris. Inscribed at the top is 'the Statholder', suggesting that the print has a political significance associated with Stadholder William V. Beauty in the Scales, 1794 The scale of Beauty., print maker: anonymous, intermediary draughtsman: Monogrammist TK, (mentioned on object), publisher: Samuel Knight, (mentioned on object), print maker: England, publisher: London, 10-Mar-1794, paper, etching, h 228 mm × w 305 mm

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5004 x 4337 px | 62.1 MB

Print size:

42.4 x 36.7 cm | 16.7 x 14.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

' STATHOLDER' • 10-MAR-1794 • 1794 • ANONYMOUS • APHRODITE • BALANCE • BEAUTY • CARTOON BASED • CHEESE PINNED • CITY OF LONDON • CLOUDS MERCURY • ENGLAND • ETCHING • FAT DUTCHMAN • GREAT BRITAIN • H 228 MM × W 305 MM • INSCRIBED • INTERMEDIARY DRAUGHTSMAN • JUDGEMENT • JUNO • KNIFE • LAWSUIT • LONDON • LONDON. • LOOKS • MENTIONED • MINERVA • MONOGRAMMIST TK • OBJECT • OBJECTS • PAINT • PAINTING • PAPER AND PACKAGE PRODUCTS • PAPER • PARIS • PIECE • POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE ASSOCIATED • PRINT MAKER • PRINT • PUBLISHER • RIGHT • RUBENS • SAMUEL KNIGHT • SCALE • SCALES • STADHOLDER WILLIAM V • STAND • SUGGESTING • THIRD • TOP • TRIAL • TWO NAKED HEAVY WOMEN • UMBRELLA • VENUS • VENUS;