# Paris [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ANTICO]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Bronze, partially gilt and silvered, height 37 cm ## Commentary Paris is identified by the golden apple of the Hesperides that he conferred on Venus to mark his choice of her as the most beautiful of the goddesses. Originally the figure was seated on a stone base, long missing. Antico developed a sophisticated technique of reproducing small-scale bronzes. This involved taking moulds from his original model and casting the statuettes from them. The moulds could be reused. Antico was therefore able to provide copies of several of his bronzes about 20 years after he had made the originals. ## Related artworks - [Bust of a Man]() - [Bust of a Young Man]() - [Bust of a Youth]() - [Cupid Shooting an arrow]() - [Emperor Antoninus Pius \(detail\)]() - [Emperor Antoninus Pius]() - [Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius]() - [Eros]() - [Gonzaga Vase]() - [Hercules and Antaeus]() - [Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra]() - [Medal Gianfrancesco Gonzaga di Rodigo \(obverse\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()