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Sapho
Sappho was an ancient Greek poet from the island of Lesbos, known amongst other things for her love poems dedicated to other women—hence the expression “lesbian love.” Naked figures are abundant in Neoclassical art, depicted with an emphasis on the contours of the body and the profile of the face that often has an erotic undertone. Sappho resembles pictures by Anne-Louis Girodet, and when National…
Creator
- Jean-Baptiste Regnault (Attributed to)
- Okänd (Earlier attributed to)
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Creator
- Jean-Baptiste Regnault (Attributed to)
- Okänd (Earlier attributed to)
Type of item
- Visual arts
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Provenance
- Inköp 1919
Identifier
- NM 2135
- 19195
Extent
- Mått 42 x 53 cm
Format
- Olja på duk
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:09:16.550Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:47.593Z