Johann Gottlieb Facius

Sappho Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus,

Maker

Title

Sappho Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus

Medium

stipple engraving (printing process)

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

34 x 25.6 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Inscribed, LL:Angelica Kauffman Pinxit; inscribed, LC:John Boydell excudit 1778/SAPPHO, inspired by Love, composes an Ode to VENUS./Published May 1st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London; inscribed, LR:G.S et I.G.Facius Sculpsit.

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.

Type

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.760

Sappho Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus

In Plate--Inscribed, LL:Angelica Kauffman Pinxit; inscribed, LC:John Boydell excudit 1778/SAPPHO, inspired by Love, composes an Ode to VENUS./Published May 1st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London; inscribed, LR:G.S et I.G.Facius Sculpsit.

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.

Exhibition History

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