The Judgement of Paris Size:small His reputation remained exceptionally high

His reputation remained exceptionally high throughout the 18th century and into the 19th: when Dulwich's founders

An early work comparable with the Landscape with a Rider resting in the Museum der Bildenden Künste

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

until 1905

Conca's career was based mostly in Rome

The Judgement of Paris Size:small His reputation remained exceptionally highThe 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