Sappho Leaping into the Sea from the Leucadian Promontory
by CHASSÉRIAU, Théodore, Watercolour over graphite, 370 x 228 mm
This watercolour drew its inspiration from the Nouvelles M�ditations Po�tiques Alphonse Lamartine, which follows the pathetic version of Sappho’s death told the first time in Ovid’s Heroides.