Saffo si accende per Faone (Saffo Ignited by Phaon)

1784

Henry Tresham

Artist, Irish, 1751 - 1814

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint printed in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.7 × 21.3 cm (11 5/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.3 × 32.5 cm (17 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.171.1.3

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Associated Artworks

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Le Avventure di Saffo (The Adventures of Sappho)

Henry Tresham

1784

Novella del naufragio (News of the Shipwreck)

Henry Tresham

1784

Ascolta e Spera (Listen and Hope)

Henry Tresham

1784

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Visconti Collection? (see Inscriptions). (Hill-Stone Incorporated, Dartmouth, MA); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Enrico Tresham inv. e inc.; lower center in plate: Saffo si accende per Faone / Gli si presentò racandogli i fiori, e cantando all improviso Versi allora in lei formati dall impeto del miglior estro, cioè l'Amore / Libro I. Cap. V.

Wikidata ID

Q77259927

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