The Judgement of Paris Size:small but the attribution to Hobbema

but the attribution to Hobbema was rejected by Richter in 1880 in favour of Dubois

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

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

Van Huysum's paintings often bear a double date

was probably carefully worked out in the early 1630s until the artist was happy with the final composition

The Judgement of Paris Size:small but the attribution to HobbemaThe 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