Clio Muse of History
Clio Muse of History by French Painter Charles Meynier (1763-68 – 1832); af historiske og mytologiske emner i slutningen af det 18. og det tidlige 19. århundrede.
This is another in a series of the nine muses the Meynier did; this time it features the Muse of History.
She is a Muse with large colorful wings, sitting on a large square stone block with an inscribed stone tablet that is standing vertically on her lap, and that she is holding with her left hand, while holding metal quill in her right hand slightly over the tablet.
She is wearing a laurel wreath on the top of her head a yellow gown and a blue cloth draped over her shoulder and across her lap.
This is a retouched digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a canvas print online.
Around her are the symbols of antiquity, which shows a statue of a seated Egyptian Pharaoh with a smaller Pharaoh Eagle-Owl on the right side.
Behind her to her left is a column and stone wall, and in the far distance, past the terrain of grass and trees we can see a large pyramid.
You can also view his other pieces Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry c1798 og Polyhymni, Muse of Eloquence c1800 by following the respective links.
To her front in a gully is a carved stone palette of Greek origin and a bust of what looks like a Greek philosopher.
Dette er en remastered digital art old masters reproduktion af et offentligt domæne billede, der er tilgængeligt som en lærred print online.
Info nedenfor stammer fra Wikipedia.org
Meynier var søn af en skrædder; og en ung alder viste talent for kunst, og begyndte sin uddannelse under mentorskab af den franske tegner og gravør Pierre-Philippe Choffard *1731 – 1809).
Som elev af den franske nyklassicistiske og historiske maler François-André Vincent (1746 – 1816), Meynier vandt andenpræmien i 1789 Prix de Rome konkurrence; mens Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson tog førstepræmien. Fire år senere 1793 Meynier vender tilbage til Paris.
I 1815 Meynier blev medlem af Académie de France i Rom; og i perioden mellem 1819 til 1822, han skabte den store udsmykning til loftet i Louvre; samt at skabe talrige værker, der forherligede Napoleon-legenden, som for det meste forbliver i Château de Versailles.
Han lavede også design til basrelieffer og statuer på Triumfbuen du Carrousel og Paris Bourse. Fra 1816 videre, Meynier var medlem af Académie des Beaux-Arts; og i 1819 han blev udnævnt til lærer ved École des Beaux-Arts.