Artist: Harald Giersing
Date: 1909
Size: 149 x 121 cm
Museum: National Gallery of Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Technique: Oil On Board
The title of this piece refers to the Ancient Greek legend of Prince Paris, who was called upon to decide who was more beautiful of the three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Giersing’s painting is indeed peopled by three women and a man, but it might just as well be viewed as a studio scene where the women are models posing nude for a man, possibly the painter. At the same time, the prominent use of colour and lines direct attention away from the mythological narrative to the artistic devices used in the painting.The motif
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