The Judgment of Paris
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael
c. 1615
Medium
pen and brown ink with gray washes over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 19.2 x 27.5 cm (7 9/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1990.35.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael · 1566–1638
**Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael** (also spelled Uytewael; 1566–1638) was a Dutch Mannerist painter, draughtsman, and successful flax merchant who spent nearly his entire life in Utrecht. Born the son of Anthonis Jansz Wtewael, a glassmaker and glass painter who had settled in the city that same year, he initially trained in his father’s workshop as a glassmaker and engraver. He later studied under ...