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Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry

1800

Charles Meynier

(French, 1768–1832)
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Culture
France, late 18th-early 19th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Overall: 273 x 176 cm (107 1/2 x 69 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2003.6.2
Public Domain
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Location
201 French Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture
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Erato, the muse of lyric and erotic poetry, is often depicted with a golden arrow received from Eros or Cupid, a sign of the emotion that inspires her.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts Erato, a muse with light skin tone seated placing the tip of a white-fletched arrow against a tablet braced against her knee. Eros or Cupid, a god with light skin tone and wings, stands looking up at her from our left, with one hand holding two arrows over her lap and the other the edge of white fabric that billows behind them. Erato wears a pink dress, flowers in her curly, dark-brown hair pulled back into a bun. Leafy, green trees and blue sky extend behind her.

Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry

1800

Charles Meynier

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

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