Sappho throwing herself into the sea (Illustration for The Heroides by Ovid)

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Majorana Cristoforo - Sappho throwing herself into the sea (Illustration for The Heroides by Ovid)
Number:016841
Title:Sappho throwing herself into the sea (Illustration for The Heroides by Ovid)
Artist: Majorana, Cristoforo (aktiv um 1480-1494)
Museum: The Huntington, California
Method: Watercolour on parchment
Created: 1485-1499
School: Italy, School of Neaple
Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
Trend in art: Medieval art
Keywords: Roman mythology, Ovid, Greek Mythology, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greek, French painting, Middle Ages, Manuscript, Manuscript illumination, Sappho, Lefkada, Leucas, Medieval, Illuminated manuscript, Medieval Illuminated Letter, Illuminated art, Lesbos, Alcaic verse, Lyric, Heroides, Miniature