Erato, muse of lyrical poetry

Meynier, Charles (1768-1832)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1800
Height:
273.0 cm  (107 1/2 in.)
Width:
176.0 cm  (69 5/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    Neoclassical Painting and Sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 2003.6.2]

Description

A woman, Erato, is sitting and writing with a boy with wings, probably Cupid, standing next to her. A lyre is seen on the ground.

Iconclass

92D426
Erato (one of the Muses); 'Erato' (Ripa)
92D18
attributes of Cupid

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

5123