Auguste Charles Mengin (1853-1933)
Sappho
1877
Oil on canvas
230.7 x 151.1 cm
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Sappho was a Greek poet who lived around 600BC. She wrote about love, yearning and reflection, often dedicating her poems to the female pupils who studied with her on the island of Lesbos. Many stories are told about her.
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