In the Temple of Venus
Watercolour
1865 (painted)
1865 (painted)
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Head and shoulders view of woman with red hair and green gown, gazing at a statuette. Pillars and classical architecture behind.
Object details
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| Title | In the Temple of Venus |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Simeon Solomon, 'In the Temple of Venus', 1865 |
| Physical description | Head and shoulders view of woman with red hair and green gown, gazing at a statuette. Pillars and classical architecture behind. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Historical context | Throughout his life, Simeon Solomon regretted that he had never received a classical education, and consequently was not cognizant with Latin and Greek. But through his friendships with the poet Algernon Swinburne, the Eton schoolmaster Oscar Browning, and the Oxford don Walter Pater, the great critic of the Italian Renaissance, Solomon became deeply familiar with classical subjects. This watercolour may be related to a number of works he painted in the mid 1860s showing scenes of heterosexual, homosexual and lesbian love in ancient classical settings in Greece and Rome. |
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| Accession number | D.142-1906 |
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| Record created | February 21, 2000 |
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