The ‘Shrine of Venus.’
A London writer gives the following description of * The Shrine of Venus,’ the Royal Academy picture of Alma-Tadema : ‘The picture represents the sumptuous interior of a hair-dresser’a shop in ancient Rome. Two ladies, clad in beautiful draperies, are reclining on the cushions of a marble seat within the cool shade of the ‘shop,’their hair apparently in the initial stage of dressing. Beyond, a young girl is leaning over the counter —laden with ail sorts of perfumes and unguents—descant* ing to the ladies who pass to and fro in the sunny street on the virtues of some new cosmetic which she presses upon them. A 3mall shrine of Venus, so common in the land, appears in the corridor, bathed in the flowers that have been offered as tributes by the devout customers ; and to this mass a lady who is entering adds another tribute to the much worshipped goddess.’
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 5
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152The ‘Shrine of Venus.’ New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 5
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