Clio, Euterpe, et Thalia

Le Sueur, Eustache (1616-1655)

Item type:

painting

Height:

130.0 cm  (51 3/16 in.)

Width:

130.0 cm  (51 3/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on wood

Description

The muses Clio, Euterpe, and Thalia are pictured seated outdoors. Clio is holding a trumpet, and Euterpe is playing a flute.

Iconclass

92D421
Clio (one of the Muses)
92D422
Euterpe (one of the Muses)
92D423
Thalia (one of the Muses)
48CC751
one person with musical instrument, not playing - CC - out of doors
48CC7525
one person playing wind instrument - CC - out of doors
92D415
the Muses acting together (as group) - non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Transverse flute [4093]
Trumpet [4446]

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. 77.

RIdIM record id

2459