Beauty in the scales, 1794; The Scale of Beauty. Cartoon based on the painting of Paris judgment by Rubens. Two naked heavy women (Venus and Juno) are on the scales of a balance, a third (Minerva) looks. In the Mercury clouds, right a fat Dutchman with a piece of cheese to a knife like Paris. Above is credited 'The Statholder' that suggests that the print has a political significance that is related to the Stadholder Willem V.

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Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
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