Sappho, Massimo Inv65167

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (Museo Nazionale Romano), Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Unknown

Portrait of Sappho, identified after other inscribed portraits representing the poet with the same hairstyle. Black basalt, modern copy (16th–18th centuries) after a Greek original, possibly an ancient bust reworked.

Dimensions n.a.
Credit line From the Kircherian Museum in Rome
Accession number Inv. 65167
Location Ground floor, gallery III
Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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