Pencil Study of the Three Goddesses for 'The Judgement of Paris' also known as 'Olympus on Ida'

drawing height: 18.3 cm
drawing width: 24.1 cm

Pencil Study of the Three Goddesses for 'The Judgement of Paris' also known as 'Olympus on Ida': to the right of the central vertical fold large rough sketch of the three goddesses with the central figure shown from the back; the drawing refers to the Buscot Park version of the subject and shows an early stage of the composition before the left-hand figure's raised right arm was developed; group composition of standing, nude female figures for the mythological subject picture