Cartoon based on the painting of the Judgment of Paris by Rubens. Two naked heavy women (Venus and Juno) stand on the scales of a balance, a third (Minerva) looks on. In the clouds Mercury, on the right a fat Dutchman with a piece of cheese pinned to a knife as Paris. Inscribed at the top is 'the Statholder', suggesting that the print has a political significance associated with Stadholder William V. Beauty in the Scales, 1794 The scale of Beauty., print maker: anonymous, intermediary draughtsman: Monogrammist TK, (mentioned on object), publisher: Samuel Knight, (mentioned on object), print

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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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