Venus
Date1969
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
Publisher
Gehenna Press
(American private publisher, 1942–2005)
Illustration CitationThe Hippolytos, by Euripedes (Northampton, Massachusetts: Gehenna Press, 1969).
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 11 13/16 × 7 1/4 in. (30 × 18.4 cm)
sheet: 19 × 12 1/4 in. (48.3 × 31.1 cm)
sheet: 19 × 12 1/4 in. (48.3 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-40.3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextFirst staged in Athens in 428 B.C.E., the play tells the story of Hippolytos, the son of Theseus, who took a vow of chastity and refused to worship Venus, the goddess of love. Angered, she plotted against him.
Portfolio/Print/ photo/ drawing in portfolio
