Venus, goddess of love, at her birth, rose naked from the foam of the sea. Riding a scallop shell, she first stepped ashore on the island of Cythera. According to Hesiod, the sea foam was fertilized when the Titan Cronus slew his father, Uranus, severed his genitals and threw them into the sea. This would make her of an earlier generation than the Olympian gods Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia, children of Cronus and Rhea.
Venus, goddess of love, at her birth, rose naked from the foam of the sea. Riding a scallop shell, she first stepped ashore on the island of Cythera. According to Hesiod, the sea foam was fertilized when the Titan Cronus slew his father, Uranus, severed his genitals and threw them into the sea. This would make her of an earlier generation than the Olympian gods Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia, children of Cronus and Rhea.
Printed on thick 100% cotton rag paper and archival lightfast pigmented inks. A clear border of 1.5” is added around each print to provide framing options. Each print is individually packed in a tube and can be back-curled to mount and frame.
