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Original artwork description:
Drawing: Ink on Paper.
Coma Berenices
Ink on paper 50x70
by Tatiana Leony March 2013
In 243 BC, during the Third Syrian War, Ptolemy undertook a dangerous expedition against the Seleucids, who had murdered his sister. His newlywed bride, Berenice, swore to the goddess Aphrodite to sacrifice her long, blonde hair, of which she was extremely proud, if her husband returned safely. He did, so she cut her hair and placed it in the goddess's temple. By the next morning the hair had disappeared. To appease the furious king the court astronomer, Conon, announced that the offering had so pleased the goddess that she had placed it in the sky. He indicated a cluster of stars that have since been called Berenice's Hair.
Materials used:
ink
Tags:
#abstract #drawing #ink #abstract art #violet #roseComa Berenices INK13n7 (2013) Ink drawing
by Tatiana L
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£991.78
- Ink drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 70 x 50 x 0.3cm (unframed) / 70 x 50cm (actual image size)
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
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Original artwork description
Drawing: Ink on Paper.
Coma Berenices
Ink on paper 50x70
by Tatiana Leony March 2013
In 243 BC, during the Third Syrian War, Ptolemy undertook a dangerous expedition against the Seleucids, who had murdered his sister. His newlywed bride, Berenice, swore to the goddess Aphrodite to sacrifice her long, blonde hair, of which she was extremely proud, if her husband returned safely. He did, so she cut her hair and placed it in the goddess's temple. By the next morning the hair had disappeared. To appease the furious king the court astronomer, Conon, announced that the offering had so pleased the goddess that she had placed it in the sky. He indicated a cluster of stars that have since been called Berenice's Hair.
Materials used:
ink
Tags:
#abstract #drawing #ink #abstract art #violet #rose
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