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Calliope
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Calliope

Pieter Nolpe · 1650 · letterpress printing; etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Calliope, the muse of epic, sits with a book in her hand and wears a laurel wreath on her head. To her left lie books. Book illustration for a book in which the different muses speak.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printboekillustratieCalliope (one of the Muses)'Calliope' (Ripa)
Credit lineCalliope. 1650. Pieter Nolpe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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