id: 106355 accession number: 1924.432.13 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.13 updated: 2023-09-26 11:07:12.415000 Terpsichore (dancing and song) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #13), before 1467. Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century). Engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1924.432.13 title: Terpsichore (dancing and song) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #13) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: before 1467 creation date earliest: 1457 creation date latest: 1467 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Ferrara, 15th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Hind E.I.13a --- CREATORS * Master of the E-Series Tarocchi (Italian, 15th century) - artist --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Lettered below the image of Terpsicore (Terpsichore): ·D· / ·TERPSICORE·XIII / [13] translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Old Master Prints and Drawings opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00 Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1996: Sets and Series: Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D,” and named Apollo and the Muses. 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.

Here, Terpsicore (Terpsichore) is personified as a full-length female figure, in frontal view, set in an imaginary landscape by the sea. She is playing an instrument, likely a medieval guitar. Terpsichore was regarded as the Muse of dancing and songs. 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.13/1924.432.13_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.13/1924.432.13_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1924.432.13/1924.432.13_full.tif