The Judgement of Paris Size:small Conca's career was based mostly

Conca's career was based mostly in Rome

and in the centre the ruins of the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor

Wouwermans was the son of a painter

Van Huysum's paintings often bear a double date

Attributed to Huysmans ('housman') in the Cartwright inventory

The Judgement of Paris Size:small Conca's career was based mostlyThe shepherd Paris judges Juno, Venus and Minerva and awards the golden apple to Venus (Ovid 'Heroides', XVI). According to the artist's notebook, work on the picture began in September 1716, Adriaen van der Werff working on it for sixteen weeks and his brother and assistant Pieter van der Werff for ten weeks. It was acquired in 1719 by the French Regent, the duc d'Orleans. An earlier treatment by Van der Werff of the same subject, dated 1712, was