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Apollo speaking with Melpomene and Thalia
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Apollo speaking with Melpomene and Thalia

1714 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Allegorical title page with Apollo addressing the muses Melpomene and Thalia. In the foreground a man drawing on the ground with a compass. Behind him two busts of the Greek and Roman writers Aristophanes and Horace. In the margin a two-line inscription in French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
titelpaginaprintcompassesThalia (one of the Muses)'Talia' (Ripa)Melpomene (one of the Muses)'Melpomene' (Ripa)
Credit lineApollo spreekt met Melpomene en Thalia. 1714. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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