The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love
Charles Meynier · French
Date: ca. 1797
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk on brown paper; squared in black chalk
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 13 1/16 in. (46 x 33.2 cm.)
Classification: Drawings
Themes: Love, Muses, Musical Instruments, Poetry
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2001
Date range
1792 – 1802
Largest dimension
33.2 cm
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