Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

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Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Charles MeynierLinkedCulture matchlcp-7848001a38e1

Date
1798
Medium
oil on canvas
Culture
France, late 18th-early 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
163043

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The eldest of the nine Greek muses, Calliope was the goddess of music, song, and dance. She was also known as the goddess of epic poetry and conferred the gift of eloquence on kings and princes. She stands here before a bust of Homer, the ancient Greek poet who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad . This painting belongs to a cycle of five works commissioned by businessman François Boyer-Fonfréde for his home in Toulouse. Through the assistance of his brother, a famous actor of the Comédie Française, Charles Meynier studied in the studio of François André Vincent, the principal rival of the master Jacques-Louis David

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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.

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