Minerva visits the muses (or Parnassus)

Lairesse, Gerard de (1640-1711) (attributed to)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
ca. 1700
Height:
163.0 cm  (64 3/16 in.)
Width:
125.0 cm  (49 3/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

Additional titles

Η Αθηνά επισκέπτεται τις Μούσες (ή Παρνασσός)

    Item location

  • National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum (Athens, Greece)
    [Museum inv. no.: Π.4089]

Description

Apollo is holding a lyre and surrounded by muses, including three holding lute, shawm and cello. Athena (Minerva) views this Mount Helicon scene from a cloud.

Iconclass

92C251
Minerva visits the Muses on Mount Helicon to see the fountain Hippocrene, which Pegasus had just brought forth

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]
Violoncello [3582]
Shawm [4258]
Lyre [3501]

Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

5006