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Sappho to Phoebus consecrates her lyre
1787
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
34.3 × 28.5 cm (image) 41.8 × 30.8 cm (plate) 42.6 × 31.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Rob.tus Strange Eques. Florentiæ delin.t A.o 1764. Atque A.o 1787, Ære incidit Londini. / Sappho to Phœbus consecrates her lyre. / Pope. / From the Painting of Carlo Dolci in the Corsini Palace at Florence.
printed in ink l.l.: Grata lyrum posui tibi Phœbe, poetria Sappho. / Ovid. Sappho Phaoni. v. 183. / E Tabula Caroli Dolci, in Ædibus Corsiniensis Florentiæ.
Accession Number
2851-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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