File:Drawing, Designs for paintings in Montmorency- The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy, 1813 (CH 18123737).jpg
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[edit]English: Drawing, Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy, 1813
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English: Drawing, Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy, 1813 |
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English: Horizontal rectangle. Written top left corner: "S E Aldini Parisi/ terza camera ossia, sale diptinta/ a Monmorosi/ 4 Gennaio 1813." Women, seated. Top row left: History shown in profile turned toward right and writing on a tablet. A trumpet leans against the stool. Written on top: "l/ clio storia." Left center: Tragedy holding a mask and a sword. Written on top: "2/ tragedia/ melpomene" and "3/ Talia comedia," respectively. Right center: shown holding a music sheet; a flute leans against the stool. Written on top: "4/ Euterpe musica." Right: Dance, shown in profile turned toward left, playing the harp. Written on top: "5/ Tersicore danza." Between "four" and "five" is a pen sketch for a different pose of Euterpe, holding a scroll in her lap and a flute in her left hand. Second row, left: Lyric poetry shown in profile, turned toward left, holding the lyre; Cupid speaks to her. Written on top: 6/ Erato poesia lirica." Left center: Eloquence, shown in profile, turned toward left, holding an open book. A trumpet and books lean against the stool. Written on top: "7/ Calliope Eloquenza." Center right: Astronomy holding a sphere. Written on top: "8/ urania astronomia." Right: Rhetoric, raising her right hand and holding a trumpet with her left hand. Bottom: a tragic and a Faun's mask. |
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| Date | 1813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pen, black ink, and grey/ brown wash on rough grey paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 30.2 x 44.9 cm (11 7/8 x 17 11/16 in.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design |
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1901-39-3473 |
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| Credit line | Museum purchase through gift of various donors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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