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Object Type
Museum number: 1875,0213.311
Title: Object: La Muse Calliope; Series: Les peintures de Charles le Brun et d'Eustache Le Sueur qui sont dans... la maison du Président Lambert
Description: The muse Calliope (though now traditionally identified as Terpsichore), after the painting executed by Le Sueur for the Hôtel Lambert in Paris; the muse seated beneath a tree, playing the triangle; in oval foliage border; proof before letter Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Bernard Picart; After: Eustache Le Sueur; Intermediary draughtsman: Bernard Picart
School/style
Production date: 1690-1733 (circa)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 333 millimetres; Width: 215 millimetres
Curator's comments: See 1917,1208.61.1 for comment on series. An annotation in brown ink wrongly names the Muse as Calliope, while it is in fact Terpsichore. For comment on the plate and the painting see other impression 1917,1208.61.20.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: musician; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Terpsichore (?); Representation of: Calliope (?); Representation of: Hôtel Lambert
Associated places: Topographic representation of: Hôtel Lambert
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1875
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1875,0213.311

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