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Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence; Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry; Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy; Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry; Clio, Muse of History

1800

Charles Meynier

(French, 1768–1832)
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Culture
France, late 18th-early 19th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Overall: 275 x 177 cm (108 1/4 x 69 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2003.6
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A horizontally oriented oil painting in five panels depicts classical figures with light skin tones. At left, a woman in golden robes reaches toward a stormy sky. Next, a woman in pink sits beside a winged Cupid. Centered, a man in a red cloak holds a lyre near a woman in blue and two white swans. Beside them, a woman in white sits with a trumpet. Finally, a winged woman writes on a stone tablet.

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence; Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry; Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy; Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry; Clio, Muse of History

1800

Charles Meynier

(French, 1768–1832)
France, late 18th-early 19th century

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