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Polyhymnia & Mnemosyne
Antonio Canova1799/1799
Museum Gipsoteca Antonio Canova
Possagno, Italy
Polyhymnia is a greek muse of the sacred lyric, who has a serious aspect and close-fitting clothes. Mnemosyne is the mother of the muses and goddess of memory. Polyhymnia was a subject which inspired Canova in the idealization of Elisa Baciocchi Bonaparte.
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- Title: Polyhymnia & Mnemosyne
- Creator: Antonio Canova
- Date: 1799/1799
- Medium: tempera
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