Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)

In the Temple of Venus

Details

Simeon Solomon (1840-1905)
In the Temple of Venus
signed with monogram and dated ‘1863’ (lower left) and further signed, inscribed and dated ‘In the Temple of Venus/Simeon Solomon/1863’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Julian Hartnoll, London.
with Gallery Hasenclever, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1988, lot 215.

Exhibited

Birmingham, Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Love Revealed, Simeon Solomon and the Pre-Raphaelites, 2005, no. 72.

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Lot Essay

Subjects of ancient Greece and Rome were to become commonplace on the walls of the Academy in the second half of the 19th century and were not only painted by Solomon but also many of his contemporaries, including Poynter and Alma-Tadema.

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