A detail from "Sappho" by Cornelius Ary Renan (1857-1900). Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the "Tenth Muse" and "The Poetess. Renan was a French Symbolist painter, who studied with Elie Delaunay and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, becoming a close friend of Gustave Moreau.

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Location: Greece/France
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