Phryne before the Areopagus
Jean-Léon Gérôme1861
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg-Mitte, Germany
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painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
80 × 128 cm
1861
Hamburg-Mitte, Germany
0
liked it
Description
painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
80 × 128 cm
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The painting depicts the trial of Phryne, an ancient Greek hetaira (courtesan), who was charged with impiety. Phryne was said to have been acquitted after her defender Hypereides removed her robe and exposed her naked bosom, "to excite the pity of her judges by the sight of her beauty." The painting was exhibited at the 1861 Salon.
