Sapho rappelée à la vie, par le charme de la musique

Ducis, Louis (1775-1847) (after a work of)

Bosselman (active 19th century)


Item type:
print
Date of creation:
1825
Height:
39.0 cm  (15 3/8 in.)
Width:
53.7 cm  (21 1/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
stipple engraving

Additional titles

Sappho recalled to life by the charms of music

    Item location

  • Biblioteka Narodowa (Warszawa)
    [Museum inv. no.: G.31660]

Description

Three ancient Greek musicians: one woman playing lyre, one woman playing aulos, and one man playing kithara.

Iconclass

98C(SAPPHO)
(story of) Sappho, the poetess

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501] (5 strings, only partially visible)
Aulos [4173]
Kithara [4940] (5 strings)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Bibliotheque Nationale. Inventaire du fonds français aprés 1800 (Paris, 1942) vol. III, 169, no. 51.

RIdIM record id

655