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The Judgement of Paris (French: Le Jugement de Pâris) is an oil-on-canvas mythological painting by the French artist François Boucher. It was painted circa 1763 and belongs to the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Mulhouse, France. Its inventory number is 61.1.16.[1]

The Judgement of Paris
Artist	François Boucher
Year	circa 1763
Medium	oil paint on canvas
Movement	Rococo
Subject	Judgement of Paris
Dimensions	110 cm × 86 cm (43 in × 34 in)[1]
Location	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse
Accession	1961

The painting was bequeathed to the museum by Alfred Wallach (1882–1961). Its authenticity as a genuine Boucher had been disputed until the British specialist Alastair Laing established that it was indeed painted by the master himself.[1] Two 1763 preparatory drawings have survived, one depicting Aphrodite with Eros (now in the Albertina in Vienna),[2] and the other one depicting Athena (current location unknown).[1][3]

A similar work by Boucher on the same theme, dated 1754, is owned by the Wallace Collection in London.[4]

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