# The Muses Thalia and Erato

- By: Andrea Appiani (Italian, Milan 1754–1817 Milan)
- Date: 1754–1817
- Medium: Black chalk; squared in black chalk
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 18-7/8 x 13-3/8 in. (47.9 x 33.9 cm)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1988
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/338106)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP812337.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)