Melpomène, Erato et Polymnie

Le Sueur, Eustache (1616-1655)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1652-1655

Height:

130.0 cm  (51 3/16 in.)

Width:

138.0 cm  (54 5/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Description

The muses Melpomene, Erato, and Polyhymnia are pictured outdoors. Melpomene is singing and reading off of a score. Polyhymnia is playing a viola da gamba.

Iconclass

92D424
Melpomene (one of the Muses)
92D426
Erato (one of the Muses)
92D427
Polyhymnia (one of the Muses)
92D415
the Muses acting together (as group) - non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships
48CC7521
one person playing string instrument (bowed) - CC - out of doors
48CC755
vocal music, singing - CC - out of doors

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Viola da gamba [3604]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1
image link 2

Bibliographic references

Lallement, Nicole. "Inventaire des tableaux à sujets musicaux du musée du Louvre. II: La peinture française des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, 1. tableaux conservés au musée", Musique, images, instruments: Revue française d'organologie et d'iconographie musicale 3 (1997) 200, no. 76.

RIdIM record id

2458