id:			106353
accession number:	1924.432.11
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.11
updated:		2022-01-04 15:00:29.863000

Calliope (from the Tarocchi series D:  Apollo and the Muses, #11), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving hand-colored with gold; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.11

title:				Calliope (from the Tarocchi series D:  Apollo and the Muses, #11)
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series:				
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creation date:			before 1467
creation date earliest:		1457
creation date latest:		1467
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Ferrara, 15th century
technique:	engraving hand-colored with gold
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Engraving
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I.11a

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CREATORS

* Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century)  - artist

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	inscription:	Lettered below the image of Caliope (Calliope): ·D· / ·CALIOPE·XI· / [11]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Old Master Prints and Drawings
	opening date:   1966-07-29T04:00:00
	<i>Old Master Prints and Drawings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-April 1, 1967).

	title:		Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's
	opening date:   2002-08-25T00:00:00
	<i>Early Italian Engraving: 1460's - 1530's</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25-October 27, 2002).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 25-October 27, 2002.  "Early Italian Engravings: 1460s - 1530s."<br>CMA 1996:  Sets and Series:  Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996, no cat.

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digital description: 
This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D,” and named<em> Apollo and the Muses</em>. In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry.<br><br>Here, <em>Caliope </em>(Calliope) is personified as a full-length female figure, playing a long horn. Next to her is a fountain. This symbolizes the Greek Castalian font at Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses and believed by poets to be a source of inspiration. Calliope was regarded as the foremost of the Muses and the one prompting epic poetry.

wall description: 
In Greek mythology, the Muses were goddesses who presided over different branches of the arts and sciences. They were the nine daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry was their leader.
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