Seated Muse or Nymph on Rock (Adaptation of Urania Type)

2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)

32.4 cm 65.7 cm 22 cm

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The Muses were the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory) and were associated with various arts: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flute-playing), Terpsichore (lyric poetry and dance), Erato (lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (comedy), Polyhymnia...

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Feuardent, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1923, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P812]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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