The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Erato (lyric and love poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #14)
before 1467
Location: not on view
Description
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, Erato is personified as a full-length female figure, in profile to the right, and set in an imaginary landscape. Her dancelike pose and the tambourine she carries suggest that she is the Muse of the dance. Erato was also regarded as the Muse of lyric and love poetry.
- CMA 1996: Sets and Series: Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996, no cat.Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.14