
Cleveland Museum of Art
Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry
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
- 163041
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
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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Provenance & credit
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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 MusesThese objects all depict Apollo and/or the nine Muses from Greek mythology, who presided over the arts and sciences.
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