Sappho by Charles August Mengin of 1877

A reproduction of a work by Charles August Mengin, “Sappho”. This Academic masterpiece of 1877 is a wonderful depiction of the greatest poetess of the Classical Age.  Charles August Mengin learned from Gecker and Cabanel and began exhibiting at the Paris Salon the year before producing this, his most famous work.  He died on April 3, 1933 at the age of eighty years.  In this work, Sappho’s sensual and exotic nature is beautifully rendered.  The original is in the Manchester Art Gallery in Manchester, England.

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