Jacques -Louis David

classicism

Jacques -Louis David Paintings 1748 - 1825 France, Neoclassicism

Sappho and Phaon, 1809

Oil on canvas, 88.58 x 103.15 inches [225 x 262 cm]

Hermitage, St Petersburg

Mythological Art

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OIL PAINTING: Sappho and Phaon, 1809
For this painting, commissioned by Count Nikolai Yusupov, David took the legend of the Greek poetess Sappho and her love for the beautiful Phaon. Sappho has on her knees a scroll with one of her verses in praise of Phaon.
Sappho and Phaon is the Hermitage's only painting by David and it dates from that period of Neoclassicism when artists preferred romantic themes to the heroic. Avoiding sentiment and narrative in his oil paintings, the artist concentrates on composition and drawing, ideal beauty and clarity of form