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Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy
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About this work
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. Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry belongs to a cycle of five paintings executed to fulfill a commission from businessman François Boyer-Fonfréde. They were intended to decorate his home in his native Toulouse and constitute a rare instance of a complete cycle of major paintings that remain intact rather than being split up and separately dispersed.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineApollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy, 1798. Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832). Oil on canvas; overall: 275 x 235 cm (108 1/4 x 92 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2003.6.3
