Rubens And Classical Mythology

In the seventeenth century it was customary for the subject of a large composition to be taken either from the Bible or from classical mythology. Rubens liked to paint mythology subjects;this and his passion for paintin flesh can be discerned in The Judgment of Paris which is in the National Gallary. Like many other works of Rubens, this picture, Which was painted in the years 1635-36 is on wood.