Phryne Before the Areopagus — Jean-Baptiste Deshays | DiscoverArt

Jean-Baptiste Deshays

Phryne Before the Areopagus

mid-18th century

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk

47.5 × 60.2 cm (18.7 × 23.7 in)

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