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Phosphorus and Hesperus by Evelyn De Morgan, 1889

British / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 1 year ago - troycapc

De Morgan was a pioneering woman artist who was born in 1855.  Her work is Pre-Raphaelite and she was influenced by her uncle Roddam Stanhope and Edward Poynter.  She died in 1919 one of the most renown of women artists in the world.

Hesperus in Greek mythology was the son of Eos and Atlas and was associated with the evening star, Venus.  In its morning aspect, the planet we know as Venus was known to the Greeks as Phosphorus, the bringer of light.  In some mythological stories, these two male figures were considered to be lovers.  The original of this painting is in the De Morgan Foundation in Battersea, London.

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