Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry) 1816 Marble, 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Trained by his grandfather, an Italian stonemason, Canova began modeling clay and carving marble sculptures before age ten. In…
Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 63 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The subject of this portrait, according to tradition, was Raphael’s inspirational muse and mistress: Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker in…
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) L’Atelier du peintre (The Painter’s Studio) 1854–1855 Oil on canvas, 361 x 598 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris The enormous Studio is without doubt Courbet‘s most mysterious composition. However, he provides several clues to its interpretation: “It’s the whole world…
(1310–1348) Laura di Audiberto di Noves Laure de Noves, Laura de Novalis, Laura de Noyes Madame de Sade, Madame de Sale Laura in Art: Giorgione (c.1477/78-1510) Laura 1506 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Trionfo della Castità e Amore sconfitto…
Rousseau, Henri (1844-1910) La muse inspirant le poète (The Muse Inspiring the Poet) 1909 Oil on canvas, 146.2 x 96.9 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel The portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire and his partner, the painter Marie Laurencin, is one of the most famous…
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Art of Painting (De Schilderkunst) c.1666–1668 Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Signature: Marked on the lower border strip of the map: I Ver-Meer Inscribed on the top border of the map: NOVA…
(1883–1956) “La muse des cubistes” “La Fauvette” The artist’s works: Artémis c.1908 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Réunion à la campagne 1909 Musée Picasso, Paris Les jeunes filles 1910–1911 Moderna Museet, Stockholm Bacchante 1911 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Deux femmes au piano c.1913 Cincinnati Art…
• Calliope • Clio • Erato • Euterpe • Melpomene • Polyhymnia • Terpsichore • Thalia • Urania The Muses in Art: Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) La sfida delle Pieridi c.1523–1527 Musée du Louvre, Paris See also: • Muse | Mythology
Margherita Luti in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raphaël et la Fornarina 1814 Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Raffaello e la figlia del fornaio 1846 Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna Sistina 1512–1513 Gemäldegalerie…