Phryne Before the Tribunal Antique Print ~ Jean-Leon Gerome

Antique Goupil & Cie. photogravure print from the picture by Jean-Leon Gerome.

Printed on mid-weight ivory colored stock. Reverse side is blank.

Title: Phryne Before the Tribunal

Publication: The Masterpieces of French Art

Publication Year: 1883

Approximate Page Size (in inches): 14 x 11

Approximate Image Size (in inches): 12 x 7½

Condition: Light foxing in margin area. Image area is in good overall condition with some light foxing. Atticpaper.com watermark does not appear on actual print.

When Phryne was brought before the courts on an accusation of disease, the fortunate Phryne was saved by the lucky appearance of her lawyer Hyperides. When the tribunal was on the point of deciding against his client, the orator suddenly snatched aside her mantle and bared that perfect form which every artist had declared worthy of a goddess. Unable to keep their up their judicial gravity. the whole areopagus yielded to a gallant impulse, and acquitted the white soft captive, whose defenseless nudity cowered before them.