Muse Collection (#9)

The Muse. Stone sculpture
JEB4872811 The Muse. Stone sculpture by Veyrier, Christophe (1637-89); Palais de Longchamp, Marseille, France; eJean Bernard; French, out of copyright

The music. From a serie of lithographs, 1898
LRI4619579 The music. From a serie of lithographs, 1898 by Mucha, Alphonse Marie (1860-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: La musique Lithographs series by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939)

Various sculptures by Canova - The Three Graces - Hebe - The Three Graces Dancing - Venus
XEE4155636 Various sculptures by Canova - The Three Graces - Hebe - The Three Graces Dancing - Venus Italica - Muse - engraving from " Usi e Costumi di Tutti i i Popoli dell Universo

Mars and Venus or The Parnassus. Painting depicting Mars and Venus on the Rock
XEE4107464 Mars and Venus or The Parnassus. Painting depicting Mars and Venus on the Rock, Pegase and Mercury, Apollo and the nine muses Calliope (epic poesy), Clio (history), Erato (lyric art)

Love and the Maiden, 1877 (tempera with gold paint & gold leaf on canvas)
CH402048 Love and the Maiden, 1877 (tempera with gold paint & gold leaf on canvas) by Stanhope, John Roddam Spencer (1829-1908); 137.9x202.4 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

Madame Misia Natanson, 1897 (oil on board laid down on cradled panel)
473818 Madame Misia Natanson, 1897 (oil on board laid down on cradled panel) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 53x40.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Three Muses, (oil on canvas)
657328 Three Muses, (oil on canvas) by Philpot, Glyn Warren (1884-1937); 75.5x48 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Three Muses. Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937). Oil on canvas

A Portrait of Kathleen Newton, 1877 (oil on canvas)
658507 A Portrait of Kathleen Newton, 1877 (oil on canvas) by Tissot, James Jacques Joseph (1836-1902); 90x67 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Portrait of Kathleen Newton)

A personification of Sculpture, c. 1557-59 (oil on canvas)
746379 A personification of Sculpture, c.1557-59 (oil on canvas) by Veronese, (Paolo Caliari) (1528-88); 186.3x116.3 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian, out of copyright

Erato, Antique, British Museum (engraving)
3653617 Erato, Antique, British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erato, Antique, British Museum)

Clythie (Clytie) (engraving)
3480560 Clythie (Clytie) (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); (add.info.: Clythie (Clytie). Engraved illustration from The Temple of the Muses, 1733

Acteon devoured by hunting hounds (engraving)
3480566 Acteon devoured by hunting hounds (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); (add.info.: Acteon devoured by hunting hounds. Engraved illustration from The Temple of the Muses, 1733)

The Muse Inspiring the Poet, 1909 (oil on canvas)
3597135 The Muse Inspiring the Poet, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Rousseau, Henri J.F. (Le Douanier) (1844-1910); 146.2 x 96.9 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel

Athena Introduces Painting Among the Muses, c. 1603 (etching & engraving)
3505671 Athena Introduces Painting Among the Muses, c.1603 (etching & engraving) by Sadeler or Saedeler, Aegidius (1570-1629); 49.53x38.58 cm; San Diego Museum of Art

The Mill, 1899 (etching printed on vellum)
3726039 The Mill, 1899 (etching printed on vellum) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98) (after); 24.1x52.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, 1800 (oil on canvas)
500327 Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence, 1800 (oil on canvas) by Meynier, Charles (1768-1832); 275x177 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund; French

Frontispiece to Almagestum Novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli
618939 Frontispiece to Almagestum Novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli, published in 1651 (engraving) by Italian School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal, 1854-56 (pencil on paper)
1202917 Portrait of Elizabeth Siddal, 1854-56 (pencil on paper) by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Charles (1828-82); 23.4x18 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

The Hall of Mirrors, Apollo and the Muses (fresco)
884822 The Hall of Mirrors, Apollo and the Muses (fresco) by Viani, Antonio Maria (1555/60-1629); Palazzo Ducale & Museo, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Architecture, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome
483387 Architecture, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome, 1686 (engraving) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

History and Chronolgy, from The Gentlemans Recreation
483385 History and Chronolgy, from The Gentlemans Recreation published by Richard Blome, 1686 (engraving) by English School

Brunetta, 1882 (oil on canvas)
2956885 Brunetta, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Grimshaw, John Atkinson (1836-93); 62.23x48.26 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Muse of Music (b / w photo)
3096208 The Muse of Music (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Muse of Music)

English gentleman and bookseller staring at a young beauty
An English gentleman at a booksellers in Avignon, catching his first glimpse of the beauty Clara with her old aunt. First sight of Clara at Avignon

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

Study for the Figure of Melpomene (pen and brown ink on off-white paper)
1216719 Study for the Figure of Melpomene (pen and brown ink on off-white paper) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); 33x21.9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Statue of Zeus or Jupiter at Olympia, giant seated figure by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece. Giove Olimpico

Study of a Head, for The Mill, c. 1872-80 (w / c on paper)
RWS137234 Study of a Head, for The Mill, c.1872-80 (w/c on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); Trustees of the Royal Watercolour Society, London, UK; eRoyal Watercolour Society; English

Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934) 1858 (b / w photo)
CHT233764 Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934) 1858 (b/w photo) by Carroll, Lewis (1832-98); Private Collection; (add.info)

Drawing of Jeanne Duval with an inscription to Paul Chenavard (1807-95
CHT199770 Drawing of Jeanne Duval with an inscription to Paul Chenavard (1807-95) (pen & ink on paper) by Baudelaire, Charles Pierre (1821-67); Bibliotheque Litteraire Jacques Doucet, Paris

Monument to Frederic Chopin (1810-49) (marble)
XZO180301 Monument to Frederic Chopin (1810-49) (marble) by French School, (19th century); Parc Monceau, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Sarcophagus of the Muses, detail depicting Terpsichore, Urania and Melpomene, c
XIR232877 Sarcophagus of the Muses, detail depicting Terpsichore, Urania and Melpomene, c.160 AD (marble) by Roman, (2nd century AD); Louvre, Paris, France; out of copyright

Parnassus, from the Stanza della Segnatura, 1510-11 (fresco)
ALI168790 Parnassus, from the Stanza della Segnatura, 1510-11 (fresco) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); Vatican Museums and Galleries

Poesie et poetes - Poetry and Poets, by Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828). Oil on canvas
FIA5408551 Poesie et poetes - Poetry and Poets, by Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828). Oil on canvas. Dimension : 298x326 cm

Golden Hours by Leighton, Frederic, 1st Baron Leighton (1830-1896)
FIA5633610 Golden Hours by Leighton, Frederic, 1st Baron Leighton (1830-1896). Oil on canvas, ca 1864, Dimension : 80x124, 5

La Baionnette, Satirique en N&B, 1916_3_2 : War of 14-18: profession, architecture
ICA4849608 La Baionnette, Satirique en N&B, 1916_3_2 : War of 14-18: profession, architecture, Urbanism, Cathedral (engraving) by Metivet, Lucien (1863-1930); (add.info.: La Baionnette)

The inspiration of the poet Un poete, a lyre in the hand
JLJ4677029 The inspiration of the poet Un poete, a lyre in the hand and headdress of a crown of laurels, is surrounded by Muses and putti. painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) 17th century Sun

The poem of the soul; The golden ladder, scene has the lyrical atmosphere
JLJ4576198 The poem of the soul; The golden ladder, scene has the lyrical atmosphere, populated with angels and the figure of God. Painting by Louis Janmot (1814-1892) 19th century

The painter Zeuxis (or Zeuxippos, Greek painter, 464-398 BC
JLJ4575069 The painter Zeuxis (or Zeuxippos, Greek painter, 464-398 BC) choosing for model the most beautiful girls of Crotone Painting by Francois Andre Vincent (1746-1816) Sun

Virgil (Virgilio) and two muses (Clio and Melpomene) - beginning 3rd century
LRI4724580 Virgil (Virgilio) and two muses (Clio and Melpomene) - beginning 3rd century by Roman, (3rd century AD); Musee du Bardo, Tunis

Minerve in the Muses Painting by Jacques Stella (1596-1657) 1640 Sun. 1, 16x1, 62 m
JLJ4586007 Minerve in the Muses Painting by Jacques Stella (1596-1657) 1640 Sun. 1, 16x1, 62 m by Stella, Jacques (1596-1657); Louvre, Paris

The night of October Illustration of the works of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)
JLJ4587370 The night of October Illustration of the works of Alfred de Musset (1810-1857). Watercolour by Eugene Louis lami (1800-1890) 19th century Sun

Le reve du poete Painting by Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) 1860 Sun
JLJ4683655 Le reve du poete Painting by Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) 1860 Sun. 0, 66x0, 82 m Paris, musee d Orsay by Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); Musee d Orsay, Paris

La danse des Muses Painting by Louis Boulanger (1806-1867) 1851 Sun
JLJ4685413 La danse des Muses Painting by Louis Boulanger (1806-1867) 1851 Sun. 2, 2x3, 25 m Paris, Musee Carnavalet by Boulanger, Louis (1806-67); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

The Greek poet Hesiode (8th century BC) and the Muses Painting by Gustave Moreau
JLJ4655502 The Greek poet Hesiode (8th century BC) and the Muses Painting by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) 19th century, 263 x 155 cm Paris, Musee Gustave Moreau by Moreau

In the dream Engraving by Odilon Redon (1840-1916) 1879 Paris, private collection
LRI4610458 In the dream Engraving by Odilon Redon (1840-1916) 1879 Paris, private collection by Redon, Odilon (1840-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry (oil on canvas)
1764976 Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry (oil on canvas) by Boucher, Francois (1703-70); 81.5x127.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Erato, the Muse of Love Poetry)

Minerva and the Muses on Mount Helicon, 1675 (oil on canvas)
3533840 Minerva and the Muses on Mount Helicon, 1675 (oil on canvas) by Schuer, Theodorus van der (1634-1707); 203x148.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Dutch, out of copyright

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"Muse: The Eternal Inspiration Unveiled" From the poetic verses of Sappho to the grandeur of the House of Muses, the essence of inspiration has captivated humanity throughout history. In a mesmerizing dance at Harkness Theatre, Enrique Senis-Oliver's mural transports us to an era where dancers paid homage to Terpsichore, the goddess of dance. This photograph immortalizes their graceful movements as they become one with divine artistry. Even Mary Queen of Scotland found solace in her muse, drawing strength and creativity from its ethereal presence. Jane Morris, beautifully posed by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in 1865, embodies the very essence of inspiration captured on albumen print. Her captivating gaze speaks volumes about the power that muses hold over our hearts and minds. A Roman mosaic whispers tales untold as it depicts scenes inspired by these enchanting beings. Thalia and Erato stand tall among them, radiating their influence upon those who dare to dream beyond boundaries. Maurice Denis' oil painting further immortalizes these muses in all their glory; his canvas becomes a portal into a world where imagination knows no limits. The Dance of Apollo with the Nine Muses comes alive through tempera on panel—a celestial symphony that harmoniously blends movement and melody under Apollo's watchful eye. A mosaic from Augusta Treverorum stands as a testament to their enduring legacy—each muse intricately crafted with vibrant colors that breathe life into ancient stories. Jane Morris returns once more through Rossetti's lens—an embodiment not only for Clio but also for Calliope—the muses who inspire history and epic poetry alike. Their presence transcends time itself, leaving an indelible mark on artistic expression across generations. And finally, Beethoven himself succumbs to his muse's allure in 1912 when charcoal meets paper—a moment frozen forever where genius listens intently for whispers of inspiration. In the realm of creativity, muses reign supreme.