Heinrich Dreber
(1822-1875)
Sappho,
1870
Material / Technology / Carrier
Öl auf Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
241 x 170 cm
Displayed
Not on display
Acquisition
1870 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München
Citation
Heinrich Dreber, Sappho, 1870, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/2mxqDaz48b (Last updated on 19.06.2023)
The ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho (fl. c. 610 – c. 580 BC) lived mainly on the island of Lesbos and wrote of love in compellingly bitter-sweet verse. Disappointment in love allegedly prompted her to leap to her death from the Leucadian rock. The painting depicts her about to perform this desperate act. Dreber, who never visited Greece, took his cue for the landscape from the rocky coast of the island of Capri.
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