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Euterpe (music, lyric poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #18)

before 1467

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

(Italian, active 1400s)
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Culture
Italy, Ferrara, 15th century
Medium
engraving hand-colored with gold
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.18
Catalogue raisonné
Hind E.I.18a
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This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D”, and named Apollo and the Muses. In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry.

Here, Euterpe is personified as a full-length female figure, turned to left, and leaning against a tree set in an imaginary hilly landscape. She is playing an aulos, an ancient Greek instrument, similar to a flute. Euterpe was regarded as the Muse of music and lyric poetry.

Euterpe (music, lyric poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #18)

before 1467

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi

(Italian, active 1400s)
Italy, Ferrara, 15th century

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