"Judgment of Paris" (1602) by Joachim Wtewael (a Dutch contemporary of Rubens) Cleveland Museum of Art.

Another, more detailed and more erotic rendition of the same theme, combining the judgment of Paris (foreground) with the marriage feast of Peleus and Thetis that precipitated it (background). Note the erotically allusive shells and the goats to suggest what is on Paris' mind.

Incidentally, that Athena should appear unclothed is quite contrary to classical representation of her . . .

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