William Blake Richmond
(1842 - 1921)

Sir William Blake Richmond KCB, RA, PPRBSA was a British painter, sculptor and a designer of stained glass and mosaic. He is best known for his portrait work and decorative mosaics in St Paul's Cathedral in London. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake_Richmond

Venus and Anchises
1889
Oil on canvas
148 x 296 cm
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/venus-and-anchises

Instigated by Jupiter (Zeus), Venus (Aphrodite) fell in love with Anchises; here she visits him on Mount Ida; their son will be the great hero Aeneas. The artist saw the arrival of Venus as symbolising the coming of spring; blossom and flowers appear as she approaches her lover; her doves fly around her. For the artist, as for the classical writers whom he read so avidly, love is the great creative force in nature and this, rather than just a lovers’ meeting, is the true subject of this picture. Indeed Anchises can only with difficulty be found and perhaps the landscape painting is the finest part of this picture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchises