[…] depicting the myth of Paris—should be viewed in relation to the ceiling decoration of the “Room of Helen and Paris” in the splendid palazzina of Villa Borghese; it is not a preliminary sketch but rather a modelletto (a finished study or small-scale model) or a d’après (a work based on an existing composition). This work was commissioned by Prince Marcantonio Borghese to replace a painting on the same subject by the Scottish artist Gavin Hamilton, who was also renowned as an antiquarian and collector […]