Geffrey Whitney, A choice of emblemes (Leiden, 1586)

Emblem 91

Jugdement of Paris: he chooses Venus over Minerva and Juno and gives her the golden apple that Mercury had given him

Facsimile

Notes and related emblems

• Related emblem in another book: embmne_sam1569_emblem112

Iconclass

• 25D13(GOLD) minerals and metals: gold
• 25F(+342) animals (+ wings of an animal)
• 25G11 groups of trees
• 25G21(APPLE) fruits: apple
• 25G3(+21) trees (+ stem, trunk)
• 25H11 mountains
• 31A2352 sitting on an elevation
• 31A2512(+932) arm stretched forward (+ addressing)
• 31A2512(+9341) arm stretched forward (+ reaching, handing, giving)
• 31A2512(+935) arm stretched forward (+ receiving something)
• 31A2513(+933) arm stretched sidewards (+ holding something)
• 31A2515 arm held downwards
• 31A2515(+931) arm held downwards (+ indicating, pointing at)
• 31A2621(+51) one leg in front of the other (+ standing)
• 31AA2621(+51) one leg in front of the other - AA - female human figure (+ standing)
• 31A2626(+53) sitting or lying with one leg stretched forward and the other leg drawn up (+ sitting)
• 31B6212 looking downwards
• 31D11221(+89) boy (child between toddler and youth) (+ nude human being)
• 31D12(+89) youth, young man, adolescent (+ nude human being)
• 31D14 adult man
• 31D15(+73) adult woman (+ three persons)
• 41D211(+81) dress, gown (+ men's clothes)
• 41D221(+81) head-gear (+ men's clothes)
• 41D2339 barefoot
• 41D27 drapery, draped garment, 'Gewandgebung'
• 41D91 man (showing himself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 41D92 woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 45C15(ARROW) archer's weapons: arrow
• 45C19(SHIELD) protective weapons: shield
• 45C221 helmet
• 47I2213 shepherd's crook
• 48A9823 ornament ~ hybrid beings; human and animal forms mixed
• 52A52(+4) Judgement, Discrimination; 'Giuditio' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 52CC4(+4) Misunderstanding, Incomprehension (+ emblematical representation of concept)
• 86(IUDICIUM PARIDIS) proverbs, sayings, etc. (IUDICIUM PARIDIS)
• 92B5 (story of) Mercury (Hermes)
• 92B58(PETASUS) attributes of Mercury: petasus, a winged sun hat
• 92C1 (story of) Juno (Hera)
• 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)
• 92C28(HELMET) attributes of Minerva (HELMET)
• 92C28(OWL) attributes of Minerva: owl
• 92C281 Aegis: shield with Gorgon's head (attribute of Minerva)
• 92C4 (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
• 92D1 (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)
• 94C113 the Judgement of Paris (Mercury present)

Sources

Record ID: embstma_1667_emblem091
This emblem on the Iconclass site: https://iconclass.org/view/embstma_1667_emblem091
Copy: University Library, Glasgow, Stirling Maxwell 1667