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Lesbia and Her Sparrow (Catullus 2) (1907). Oil on canvas, 49 x 37 cm (19.2 x 14.5 in). Private collection

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Edward Poynter: Lesbia and her Sparrow  wikidata:Q125146766 reasonator:Q125146766
Artist
Edward Poynter  (1836–1919)  wikidata:Q465163 s:en:Author:Edward John Poynter
 
Edward Poynter
Alternative names
Edward John Poynter
Description British painter, university teacher, art historian and artist
Date of birth/death 20 March 1836 Edit this at Wikidata 26 July 1919 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1863 Edit this at Wikidata–1919 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q465163
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Lesbia and her Sparrow
label QS:Len,"Lesbia and her Sparrow"
label QS:Lfr,"Lesbia et son moineau"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
Français : Lesbia et son moineau, huile sur toile d'Edward Poynter (1907). Le tableau représente Lesbie, personnages récurrent des élégies du poète romain Catulle qui la présente comme la femme qu'il aime. Le tableau s'inspire en particulier du poème 3 dans lequel Catulle évoque la mort du moineau apprivoisé de sa maîtresse.
Date 1907
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 49 cm (19.2 in); width: 37 cm (14.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,49U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,37U174728
Object history

Wolf Harris Esq., by 1922; Oswald J. Finney Esq.; Christie’s Rome, “Belli Arazzi, Mobili, Francesi e Inglesi Dipinti Tapetti Oriental e Argenteria”, 25-26th May 1972, lot 349; M. Newman Ltd., London, by 1972; Christie’s, London, 30th Nov 1984, lot 82, where purchased by the current owner;

Private collection, UK.
Exhibition history

London, Royal Academy 1907, no. 39; London, Royal Academy, “Exhibition of Works by Recently Deceased Members of the Royal Academy”, Winter Exhibition, 1922, no. 147, lent by Wolf Harris Esq.;

M. Newman Ltd, Art in Europe, 1840-1950, 8-24th November 1972, no. 15.
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom left:

19 EJB 07
Source/Photographer [1]
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Remastered color

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