Brussels Art Auctions, from Belgium (duh), sells on 30 january 2018 a pair of "French School , 18th-19th century" works, showing the Rape of Europa and the Judgment of Paris, estimated at 500 to 600 Euro.
I haven't found an origin for the Judgment of Paris depiction yet, but the Rape of Europa is a copy after the work by Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (where "Pierre" presumably is the surname, rather confusing this!) Pierre (1714-1789) was the penultimate French "Premier peintre du roi" (between François Boucher and Joseph-Marie Vien), so quite an important painter in his time, although now he is, well not forgotten but hardly a household name anymore. The original painting (now housed in the Dallas Museum of Art) is a huge work, 240 by 274 cm.
This is a reversed copy, so presumably after an engraving. The estimate seems about right.
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