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The Seduction of Paris (from the Gallery of Virtues)
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Paris was the son of Priam, king of Troy. At a wedding Paris was asked to judge a beauty contest between the goddesses Juno, Minerva and Venus. Paris chose Venus, who offered him the beautiful Helen of Troy. In anger, one of the spurned goddesses sent two succubi (evil spirits meant to have intercourse with a sleeping man) to Paris while he slept. After Paris was seduced and lost his purity, he was stripped of his powers by the gods and , over time, became an embittered man. This work, excavated by Professor Giese from the Gallery of Virtues in 1994, may have been painted by the great Rococo painter Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770), who is thought to have worked at the villa at various times during his career. His bright, cheerful colors and relaxed compositions were ideally suited to the various Rococo additions to the house.
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