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accession number:	2003.6.3
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Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy, 1798. Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832). Oil on canvas; overall: 275 x 235 cm (108 1/4 x 92 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2003.6.3

title:				Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy
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creation date:			1798
creation date earliest:		1798
creation date latest:		1798
current location:		201 French Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	France, late 18th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832)  - artist
Charles Meynier was a recipient of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1789 and became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1815. A history painter, he created the grand decoration for ceilings of the Louvre (1819 and 1822), and produced numerous pictures glorifying the Napoleonic legend, which for the most part remain in the château de Versailles. Through the assistance of his brother Meynier Saint-Phal, a famous actor of the Comédie Française who paid for his studies, the artist entered the atelier of the painter François André Vincent (1746-1816), a principal rival of the master Jacques-Louis David. The studio in which Meynier received his training was known by the students of David as the atelier of the"perruques," (the wigs) the name given to royalists or conservatives during that period.
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measurements: Overall: 275 x 235 cm (108 1/4 x 92 1/2 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	In 1819, Nicolas-Antoine de Castella, general of the Swiss regiments in France, purchased the paintings and placed them in his Castle of Wallenreid, Switzerland.
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	Pierre de Castella, Mannaz, Switzerland
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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CITATIONS

	Bellenger, Sylvain, Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos Jr. "Magnificent Muses", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 01, January 2004
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2004-01/page/n3/

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