Les Muses et les Pierides: Museum Object and Cultural History
Les Muses et les Pierides: date made: ca1829. printer: Durand & Sauve. Object Name: engravig.
The object in the museum catalogue
Engraving. Designed and engraved by Baron Boucher-Desnoyers after Perino del Vaga (Buonacorsi), pupil of Raphael; from the painting in the Musée Royal, 1829. Printed by Durand & Sauvé, Paris.
Classical scene with figures in a wooded landscape. Nine daughters of King Pierus of Macedonia compete against the Muses in a contest judged by Apollo and Minerva with other gods in attendance. Many musical instruments are pictured.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca1829
- printer: Durand & Sauve
- Object Name: engravig
- Object Name: print
- Object Type: Engraving
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: sheet: 44 cm x 65 cm; 17 5/16 in x 25 19/32 in
- Measurements: image: 34 cm x 58.5 cm; 13 3/8 in x 23 1/32 in
- Subject: Mythology
- ID Number: 2015.0197.64
- accession number: 2015.0197
- catalog number: 2015.0197.64
- Credit Line: Gift of Ingrid R. Rose in memory of Milton R. Rose
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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