Cleveland Museum of Art
Calliope (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #11)
Master of the E-Series TarocchiLinkedCulture matchlcp-0e90d5e870aa
- Date
- before 1467
- Medium
- engraving hand-colored with gold
- Culture
- Italy, Ferrara, 15th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 106353
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D,” and named Apollo and the Muses . In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry. Here, Caliope (Calliope) is personified as a full-length female figure, playing a long horn. Next to her is a fountain. This symbolizes the Greek Castalian font at Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses and believed by poets to be a source of inspiration. Calliope was regarded as the foremost of the Muses and the one prompting epic poetry.
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- Dudley P. Allen Fund
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Apollo and the MusesThese objects all depict Apollo and/or the nine Muses from Greek mythology, who presided over the arts and sciences.
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