Caption:
Sappho of Lesbos, ancient Greek lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style, c.610-570 BC. Sappho or Psappho. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.