There were versions before about 1606, then he returned to the subject thirty years later; all take the opportunity to show nude females from different angles.

These both show Rubens' version of idealised feminine beauty, with the goddesses Aphrodite, Athena and Hera on one side and Paris accompanied by Hermes on the other.

Paris is a misplaced Trojan prince working as a shepherd,[3] and is accompanied by his sheepdog; his sheep are seen behind the figures in these late paintings.

[4] This had been shown in at least one of the early group (now in the Prado), with putti pulling off the goddess' clothes.

Painted in 1638 or 1639, this version is now in the Prado in Madrid and was completed shortly before his death while he was ill with gout.