Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene

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Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene is a 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite painting by Simeon Solomon depicting the intimate companionship of the ancient Greek poet Sappho and her friend Erinna in an idyllic garden setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pre-Raphaelite artwork
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalContext 19th-century British art
artist Simeon Solomon
artisticSchool Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelitism
artisticStyle Victorian classicism
artMovement Aesthetic movement
associatedWith LGBTQ+ interpretations
queer art history
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Simeon Solomon
culturalContext Victorian era
depicts Erinna
Mytilene
Sappho
garden
intimate embrace
lyre
two women seated together
depictsLocation Lesbos
depictsPeriod ancient Greece
genre Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite
hasTitle Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene self-link
inspiredBy Sappho
ancient Greek poetry
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject Sapphic love
female friendship
intimate companionship
medium oil on canvas
movement Pre-Raphaelite art
surface form: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
period 19th century
portrayalType idealized classical scene
portrays poet Erinna
Sappho
surface form: poet Sappho of Lesbos
setting Mytilene
garden
subjectMatter classical figures
female poets
theme classical mythology
homoeroticism
romantic friendship
visualFocus emotional intimacy between women

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Simeon Solomon notableWork Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene
Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene hasTitle Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene self-link