
Cleveland Museum of Art
Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry
Charles Meynier
- Date
- 1800
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- France, late 18th-early 19th century
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Erato, the muse of lyric and erotic poetry, is often depicted with a golden arrow received from Eros or Cupid, a sign of the emotion that inspires her.
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