Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

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Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Charles MeynierLinkedCulture matchlcp-7848001a38e1

Date
1798
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
France, late 18th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
163042

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A recipient of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1789, Charles Meynier became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1815 and painted large ceiling decorations at the Louvre and numerous pictures glorifying the Napoleonic legend. Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry belongs to a cycle of five paintings executed to fulfill a commission from businessman François Boyer-Fonfréde. They were intended to decorate his home in his native Toulouse and constitute a rare instance of a complete cycle of major paintings that remain intact rather than being split up and separately dispersed. Urania leans on a starry orb, indicating her role as the muse of astronomy.

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Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Provenance
In 1819, Nicolas-Antoine de Castella, general of the Swiss regiments in France, purchased the paintings and placed them in his Castle of Wallenreid, Switzerland. | direct descendants | Pierre de Castella, Mannaz, Switzerland | 2003-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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