LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Muse

Title: Marble statue of a seated muse Period: Imperial Date: 1st or 2nd century CE Culture: Roman Medium: Marble, Pentelic Dimensions: H. as restored 66 in. (167.7 cm.) Classification: Stone Sculpture Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, 1903 Accession Number: 03.12.16 Copy of a Greek statue of the 3rd century B.C. Seated on a rock, with her head resting on her right hand, this muse was probably part of a group of statues showing a musical contest between the boastful satyr Marsyas and the god Apollo. The statue was part of the collection of antiquities acquired in Rome by the Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani during the first third of the seventeenth century. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/247003

Statue of a Muse- Melpomene Type Pentelic marble From the Horti Maecenatiani, found in the area near the Auditorium in 1877. Inventory # MC 1823 The figure of Melopmene, the Muse presiding over tragedy, is inspired by Hellenistic models and can be related to the statue of Melpomene in the Vatican Museums. Text from the Capitoline Museum label.

Statue of a Muse- Melpomene Type Pentelic marble From the Horti Maecenatiani, found in the area near the Auditorium in 1877. Inventory # MC 1823 The figure of Melopmene, the Muse presiding over tragedy, is inspired by Hellenistic models and can be related to the statue of Melpomene in the Vatican Museums. Text from the Capitoline Museum label.