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| Keywords: Daniel Mauch - Venus Holding an Apple - Walters 6119 - View A.jpg 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 Netherlandish between 1530 1540 Renaissance boxwood cm 21 accession number 61 19 27341 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 A Renaissance Puzzle Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1993 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Daniel Mauch Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Aphrodite in post-antique sculpture Statues of Aphrodite Sculptures of nude standing women | ||||
