File:Chassériau, Théodore - Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory - c. 1840.jpg
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editThéodore Chassériau: Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory
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artist QS:P170,Q342467 |
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Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory |
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Date |
circa 1840 date QS:P571,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | Watercolour over graphite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 370 mm (14.56 in); width: 228 mm (8.97 in) dimensions QS:P2048,370U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,228U174789 |
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institution QS:P195,Q19675 |
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Notes | http://www.wga.hu/html/c/chasseri/sappho.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Web Gallery of Art: ![]() ![]() reference_wga QS:P973,"http://www.wga.hu/html/c/chasseri/sappho.html" |
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JPEG file comment | CHASSÉRIAU, Théodore
(b. 1819, Sainte-Barbe de Samana, d. 1856, Paris) Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory c. 1840 Watercolour over graphite, 370 x 228 mm Musée du Louvre, Paris This watercolour drew its inspiration from the Nouvelles Méditations Poétiques Alphonse Lamartine, which follows the pathetic version of Sappho's death told the first time in Ovid's Heroides.
Author: CHASSÉRIAU, Théodore Title: Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory Time-line: 1801-1850 School: French Form: graphics Type: mythological |
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