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Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry
Charles Meynier1800
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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- Title: Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry
- Creator: Charles Meynier (French, 1768-1832)
- Date Created: 1800
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 273 x 176 cm (107 1/2 x 69 5/16 in.)
- 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.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.2
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, late 18th-early 19th century
- Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 2003.6.2
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