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Apollo crowns two muses
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Apollo crowns two muses

Bernard Picart · 1712 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Apollo, as god of poetry and music, on Parnassus. He crowns Melpomene and Thalia, respectively the muses of tragedy and comedy. In the background Pegasus flies.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printPegasus, the winged horseThalia (one of the Muses)'Talia' (Ripa)Melpomene (one of the Muses)'Melpomene' (Ripa)Apollo as patron
Credit lineApollo lauwert twee muzen. 1712. Bernard Picart. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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