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Urania (astronomy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #12)
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Urania (astronomy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #12)

Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s), artist · before 1467 · engraving hand-colored with gold

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This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D,” and named Apollo and the Muses . In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry. Here, Urania is personified as a full-length female figure, set in an imaginary hilly landscape. She carries a celestial globe in her left hand, and a compass in her right hand, symbolizing that she is the Muse of Astronomy.

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Credit lineUrania (astronomy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #12), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, active 1460s). Engraving hand-colored with gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1924.432.12
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