Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence; Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry; Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy; Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry; Clio, Muse of History, by Charles Meynier, 1800
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Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence; Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry; Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy; Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry; Clio, Muse of History

Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832)

1800

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Overall: 275 x 177 cm (108 1/4 x 69 11/16 in.)
Culture
France, late 18th-early 19th century
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art