Jean-Baptiste Regnault - Sappho - fine art print

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English: Sappho was an ancient Greek poet from the island of Lesbos, known amongst other things for her love poems dedicated to other women—hence the expression “lesbian love.” Naked figures are abundant in Neoclassical art, depicted with an emphasis on the contours of the body and the profile of the face that often has an erotic undertone. Sappho resembles pictures by Anne-Louis Girodet, and when Nationalmuseum bought the painting in 1919, experts believed Girodet was the artist. Now it is thought a lesser-known painter is the artist, possibly a foreigner educated in Paris around 1800. Sapfo var en antik grekisk poet från ön Lesbos, känd bland annat för sina kärleksdikter riktade till andra kvinnor – därav uttrycket lesbisk kärlek. Nakna gestalter (av bägge könen), framställda med betoning av kroppens kontur och ansiktets profil förekom rikligt i nyklassicismens konst, ofta som här med en erotisk underton. Sapfo liknar sådana bilder utförda av Anne-Louis Girodet, och när Nationalmuseum köpte målningen 1919 trodde experterna att Girodet var konstnären. Nu gissar man på en mindre känd målare, kanske en utlänning utbildad i Paris omkring 1800.

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Sappho was created by Jean-Baptiste Regnault. The version of the painting was painted with the exact dimensions: Height: 42 cm (16,5 ″); Width: 53 cm (20,8 ″) Framed: Height: 59 cm (23,2 ″); Width: 51 cm (20 ″); Depth: 6 cm (2,3 ″) and was painted with the technique oil on canvas. Today, this work of art is part of the art collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm, which is Sweden's museum of art and design, a Swedish government authority with a mandatet o preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art. With courtesy of Nationalmuseum Stockholm & Wikimedia Commons (licensed - public domain).: . Moreover, alignment is in landscape format with a side ratio of 1.2 : 1, which means that the length is 20% longer than the width. The painter Jean-Baptiste Regnault was a European artist from France, whose art style can be attributed primarily to Neoclassicism. The Neoclassicist painter lived for 75 years and was born in the year 1754 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France and deceased in the year 1829 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.

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