Phryne (painting)

Phryne (Polish: Fryne) is an 1867 oil on canvas painting by Artur Grottger, now in the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow, Poland.

[1] The painting portrays the ancient Greek courtesan Phryne, who according to legend revealed her breasts before her judges to save herself from a death sentence for sacrilege.

[2][3] It depicts a naked woman standing in the middle of the painting and a bush in the background.

Her left hand is raised in order to cover her face.

It was painted during the artist's stay in Paris a few months before his death.