The muse of music

Weir, Julian Alden (1852-1919)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1882-1884
Height:
112.4 cm  (44 1/4 in.)
Width:
87.6 cm  (34 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Private collectionformerly owned by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Mildred Anna Williams Collection, inv. no. 1942.24). Sold by Christie's, New York, Aug. 2012.

Description

A red-haired maiden dressed in off-white, flowing robes sits on chair made of stone and embellished with carvings. Her head rests on her raised right hand as she gazes upward, left hand draped over a golden lyre in the seat next to her.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

Image URLs

image link 1
Christie's auction image and details

RIdIM record id

3654