Sappho

c. 1440

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray, pink, and green wash on laid paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.5 × 12.9 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/16 in.)
    mount: 9.5 × 14.1 cm (3 3/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.101.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Friedrich Wilhelm Roloff, Berlin (based on inscription in album before it was dismantled; remained as part of an album until c. 2003). Library of the Marienstiftgymnasium, Stettin (now Szeczecin), Pomerania (the library dissolved by Poland after World War II). Private collection. (Dr. Jörn Günther, Hamburg, by 2003); Mr. and Mrs. Ladislaus von Hoffmann, Washington, D.C.; (Adrian Eeles Ltd., London); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Latin inscription in pen and ink: plautii/Exaudiri haud decet inhonesta rogantes/hec amici et lex prima traditur./Sapho/Non veniunt in unum pudor atque amor/Mos est nunc juvemus si quisquis discere volunt/Gaudent debiu[?]bus fugiunt dispendia quoque

Wikidata ID

Q64632615

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