Leaning Muse, Probably Polyhymnia
The original statue on which this figure is based no longer survives, but it inspired numerous Hellenistic and Roman copies that were placed in public and private gardens. Statues of the Muses also adorned the great scholarly complex in Alexandria known as the Mouseion, "Place...
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11896
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Dr. B. and M. C. Collection Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1910, no. 45, pl. 4; Madame Xav. Durighello Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 12 June 1924, no. 15, pl. II; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1927, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/23.90 |
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