Chris Beetles Gallery

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Persephone with Tassel

Val Archer (born 1946)

Price

£3,750

Signed

Signed with initials

Medium

Oil on paper

Dimensions

30 x 22 inches

Exhibited

'Val Archer. Touching the Surface of Time', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, May 2011, No 12

Framed

Persephone , the daughter of Demeter, the
goddess of the harvest, and Zeus, was abducted by Hades and taken to the underworld for 6 months of every year.
The female head in this painting is taken from a wall painting in the Casa del Bracciale d'oro in Pompeii.

Framed