The Loves of Paris and Helen

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The Loves of Paris and Helen
Les amours de Paris et d'Helene - Jacques-Louis David - Musee du Louvre Peintures INV 3696 ; MR 1439.jpg
ArtistJacques-Louis David
Year1788
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions1.46 m× 1.81 m(57 in× 71 in)
Location Louvre, Paris
AccessionINV 3696
Website collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010063647

The Loves of Paris and Helen is a 1788 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David, showing Helen of Troy and Paris from Homer's Iliad . It is now in the Louvre Museum.

The painting was the result of a commission from the comte d'Artois. It shows David in his 'galante' phase and was interpreted as a satire on the manners of the comte d'Artois. The caryatids in the background are copies of those by Jean Goujon in the Louvre.

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