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Phryne (Phryné)

1899

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The story

Phryne, a wealthy courtesan of 4th-century BC Athens, was said to have posed for Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos and to have inspired Apelles after he saw her bathe at Eleusis. Tried for impiety, she was acquitted, and legend credits her bared breasts with swaying the jury.

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Object details

Title: Phryne (Phryné)
Artist: Paul Berthon
Date: 1899
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Colour lithograph with metallic pigment on card
Object type: Prints
Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0600
Original image: 1036 × 1600 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Paul Berthon. Phryne (Phryné). 1899. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0600/