Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (Q60479815)

Label from: English (en)

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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)

material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)

commissioned by: François-Bernard Boyer-Fonfrède (Q50805157)

part of: Apollo and the Muses (Q60479765)

exhibition history: Salon of 1798 (Q18055350)

depicts: Apollo (Q37340) Urania (Q104002)

instance of: painting (Q3305213)

Google Arts & Culture asset ID: dAEaGJWvCIhe7w

Salons ID: 56856

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.6.3

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: A recipient of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1789, Charles Meynier became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1815 and painted large ceiling decorations at the Louvre and numerous pictures glorifying the Napoleonic legend.

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