Betrayal Painting - The backstory

I was asked about a painting I featured at the beginning of my Top Ten List of Betrayal Quotes.

Here is the painting:





The painting is called "Phryne Before the Areopagus" by Jean-Leon Gerome.

You're gonna wanna check out the Wikipedia Page on Phryne. One of the better stories you'll read this month. (And I say that on May 1st. Yeah. I went there.)