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Sappho

Boccaccio, De Cleris Mulieribus, 1473

Boccaccio, who compiled images and stories about notable women through history to his day, depicted Sappho in this woodcut.
Woodcut, Boccaccio, De Cleris Mulieribus, 1473

Image of Sappho, woodcut, 1473, from Boccaccio's De Cleris Mulieribus

From a public domain image. Modifications © 2006 Jone Johnson Lewis

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