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

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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 MeynierLinkedCulture matchlcp-7848001a38e1

Date
1800
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
France, late 18th-early 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
163039
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Credit line
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.

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    Apollo and the Muses

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