The Muses

Simon Vouet
French, 1590 - 1649
detail of Calliope from
The Muses Urania and Calliope,
c. 1634, oil on panel,
Samuel H. Kress Collection

















Detail from "The Allegory of Painting"
the Muse Clio by Vermeer






















Erato
Oak panel, by Simon Vouet






















Euterpe
painted by Camiile Roqueplan





















Hesoid and the Muse Melpomene, 1891
Oil on canvas,
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Gustave Moreau
(1826-1898)




















Jean-Marc Nattier
French , 1685 - 1766
Terpsichore, Muse of Music and Dance
circa 1739, oil on canvas
Mildred Anna Williams Collection


















Polyhymnia, section of Roman mosaic, 240 A.D
Luxemburgum Romanum:
The Roman mosaic of Vichten,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg





















Jean-Marc Nattier
French, 1685 - 1766
Thalia, Muse of Comedy (Silvia Balletti?),
1739, oil on canvas
Mildred Anna Williams Collection






















Simon Vouet
French, 1590 - 1649
detail of Urania from
The Muses Urania and Calliope,
c. 1634, oil on panel,
Samuel H. Kress Collection