The Judgement of Paris  1909

The title of this piece refers to the Ancient Greek legend of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_of_Paris]Prince Paris[/url], who was called upon to decide who was more beautiful of the three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Giersing’s painting is indeed peopled by three women and a man, but it might just as well be viewed as a studio scene where the women a...