Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence (Q60479780)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
mythological painting (Q3374376)
artist:
Charles Meynier (Q970511)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
country of origin:
France (Q142)
main subject:
Polyhymnia (Q104425)
commissioned by:
François-Bernard Boyer-Fonfrède (Q50805157)
part of:
Apollo and the Muses (Q60479765)
exhibition history:
Salon of 1800 (Q59401597)
depicts:
Polyhymnia (Q104425)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
Google Arts & Culture asset ID:
CgEbOAF3DHenGw
Salons ID:
20666
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.1
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: Polymnia is one of the nine muses in Greek mythology and a patron of dancing or geometry. She is portrayed here standing in front of a bust of the Athenian orator Demosthenes. This painting belongs to a cycle of five works commissioned by businessman François Boyer-Fonfréde for his home in Toulouse.
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