Full-length female nude between two highly decorated pillars. In the foreground is a large heron. The girl is naked and busy with her hair, with her legs, hips, belly, torso and breasts on the nude portrait.
Interior is Greek in style.
Diadumenè is an example of the classical subject for which Poynter was known. The figure is said to be that of the Venus Esquilina, excavated in Rome in 1874. Although the statue has missing arms, Poynter included them in his painting Diadumenè to show what they could have looked like.
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