Calliope, muse of epic poetry

Meynier, Charles (1768-1832)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1798
Height:
275.0 cm  (108 1/4 in.)
Width:
177.0 cm  (69 11/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    Neoclassical Painting and Sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 2003.6.4]

Description

A woman, Calliope, is sitting down while holding a fanfare trumpet and sheet of paper.

Iconclass

92D429
Calliope (one of the Muses); 'Calliope' (Ripa)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fanfare trumpet [4401]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5122