Sappho embracing Love
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching printed in red
Dimensions
Image: 3 13/16 × 3 13/16 in. (9.7 × 9.7 cm) Sheet: 9 9/16 in. × 7 in. (24.3 × 17.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Accession Number
42.119.304(46)
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani|John Mannin|William Allen · 1766–1839
Giovanni Battista Cipriani was born on April 20, 1766, in Siena, Italy, to Simon Pietro Cipriani and Eva Bandini. He grew up alongside his brothers Barbato, a sculptor, and Galgano, an engraver, in a family immersed in the arts. Cipriani began his education studying Latin and mathematics before pursuing fine arts under the sculptor and architect Giuseppe Silini in Siena.) His talent earned him a p...