id:			106358
accession number:	1924.432.16
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.432.16
updated:		2023-03-11 11:02:40.862000

Thalia (comedy, pastoral poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D:  Apollo and the Muses, #16), 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 1924.432.16

title:				Thalia (comedy, pastoral poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D:  Apollo and the Muses, #16)
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creation date:			before 1467
creation date earliest:		1457
creation date latest:		1467
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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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.16a

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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 Talia (Thalia): ·D· / ·TALIA·XVI· / [16]
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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-February 28, 1967).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1996:  Sets and Series:  Five Centuries of Master Prints, February 20-May 5, 1996, no cat.

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PROVENANCE

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fun fact:
Thalia is the only Muse in the Tarocchi series that is not represented with a celestial disk. Indeed, Thalia was believed to be a bucolic Muse, thus related to earth.

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>Talia </em>(Thalia) is personified as a female figure, in profile to left, seated on ivy, and set an imaginary landscape. She is playing a viola. Thalia was regarded as the Muse of comedy.

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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