Muse Collection

Sappho - House of Muses
Atthis, Telesippa, Megara, Anactoria and Euneica sitting at the feet of the poetess Sappho as she recites some of her work. No

Mary Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)
Mary (1542-1587). Queen of Scotland (1542-1567). CLOUET, Francois (1505-1573). Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. OE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Musue Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Muses - Thalia, Erato
Thalia muse of comic drama and Erato muse of lyric poetry

Muses - Clio, Calliope
Clio muse of history and Calliope muse of epic poetry

Roman mosaic of the Muses. 3rd-4th century AD. Torre de Palm
Roman mosaic of the Muses. From left to right: Calliope, Euterpe, Erato, Thalia, Melpomene, Clio, Polyhymnia, Urania, Terpsichore. 3rd-4th century AD. From Torre de Palma

Dorelia McNeill - wife of Augustuis John
Dorothy (Dorelia) McNeill (1881-1969) the model for the Welsh artists Gwen John and Augustus John and the common-law wife of the latter. Pictured with a pet dog near Poole, Dorset. Date: circa 1927

Euterpe, muse of music and lyric poetry, holding a flute. Found in the Tiburtino area of Rome near the Villa d Este. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Perini after an illustration by A

Muses - Terpsichore
Terpsichore muse of dance

Statue of Angerona, goddess of Rome, or Polinnia (Polyhymnia), muse of poetry. Seated with her finger on her lips. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Giacomo Bossi from Pietro Paolo

Bedroom, Home of Renoir, Essoyes, Aube, France
Bedroom of Aline, model and wife of Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919, and native of Essoyes, in his family home, restored and opened to the public in 2017, in Essoyes

Hellenistic relief depicting a Muse playing the zither
Relief depicting a Muse playing the zither. Hellenistic. 2nd century BC. Marble. From Babakoy (Turkey). Istanbul Archaeological Museums. Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 2014

Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Ingres
Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, an oil painting showing the Italian classical and romantic composer, Luigi Cherubini

Senufo mask (Burkina Fasso). It combines features of animals and humans. Senufo masks have the power to help communication between the living and their dead ancestors. African art. Decorative Arts

Okuyi Mask (mask of ancestors). Punu Art (Bapunu) from Gabon. They embody the spirits of the deceased, in the mourning ceremonies

English gentleman and bookseller staring at a young beauty
An English gentleman at a booksellers in Avignon, catching his first glimpse of the beauty Clara with her old aunt. First sight of Clara at Avignon

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

Statue of Zeus or Jupiter at Olympia, giant seated figure by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece. Giove Olimpico

Mrs Anthony Eden by Madame Yevonde
Mrs Anthony Eden, nee Beatrice Beckett photographed by Madame Yevonde. The Tatler describes the picture as her latest portrait but in fact the image dates back to 1935 when a colour version of her as

Lucilla, daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, with trumpet and mask, the attributes of Thalia, muse of comedy. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by L

Statue of a Greek muse with sirens feathers in her hair
Statue of a Greek muse in chiton and sandals, with sirens feathers in her hair. In the house of Francesco Lisca in Parione. Copperplate engraving by G

Statue of Thalia, muse of comedy, with mask and trumpet. In the collection of Conservatori del Popolo Romano. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

Statue of Urania, muse of astronomy, or Euterpe, muse of music. In the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

Laure de Noves, la Belle Laure, muse of Francesco
Laure de Noves, la Belle Laure, Laure de Sade, wife of Count Hugues de Sade, and muse of Francesco Petrarch, 1308-1348. She wears a shell hat called a coquille or cale

Laure de Noves, muse of Francesco Petrarch, 1308-1348
Laure de Noves or Laure de Sade, wife of Count Hugues de Sade, and muse of Francesco Petrarch, 1308-1348. She wears a long blue surtout with laced bodice and slashed sleeves, crakows or poulaines

Marie Daubron as La Belle aux Cheveux d Or, 1846
Madame Marie Daubron as La Belle aux Cheveux d Or by the Cogniard brothers, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1846. She was the inspiration for the poet Charles Baudelaires Fleurs du Mal

Calliope, muse of epic poetry, holding a scroll and wearing a wreath of ivy. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Urania, muse of astronomy, with celestial globe and staff. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Erato, muse of lyric poetry, holding a lyre (cithara). Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Terpsichore, muse of dance, holding a lyre
Terpsichore, muse of dance, holding a cithara or lyre. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Thalia, Roman muse of comedy, holding a comic mask and shepherds staff. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

Clio, Roman muse of history, reading a scroll. She wears a laurel wreath, sits on a chair above a Cassettino Cilindrico (cylindrical barrel)

MUSE / POLYHYMNIA
THE MUSE OF SONG, AND MIME

A POET AND HIS MUSE
A garret poet and his muse Date: 18th century

ANNE BELLAMY / COMIC MUSE
GEORGE ANNE BELLAMY Actress, as the Comic Muse Date: 1731? - 1788

Muse - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Muse - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Erato. Statue of Muse of lyric poetry playing the zither
Classical mythology. Erato. Muse of lyric poetry. Roman statue. 2nd century AD. The muse is depicted playing the zither or lyre. From Monte Calvo, Italy. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen, Denmark

Muse. The Roman sculpture after an original of about 130 BC was restored by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

Sarcophagus of a married couple. About 240 AD. Ancient Rome
Roman art. Sarcophagus of a married couple. About 240 AD. The couple extending hands to each other also appear in the side panels. He as a Greek orator, she as a muse, a cultural ideal. Glyptothek

Art greek. Archaic. Amphora of Melos. 7th BC century. Nation
Art greek. Archaic. Amphora of Melos. Datd between 650-600 BC. Apollo and muses in chariot drawn by winged horses. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Greece

A metal chastity belt from the 16th century
MusÚÑáde Cluny (Cluny Museum) A metal chastity belt from the 16th century

Lady Lavery - A Self-Portrait
Hazel, Lady Lavery (1886 - 1935), formerly Hazel Martyn and second wife of the celebrated portrait Sir John Lavery who painted her portrait hundreds of times

Vienna, Austria
A sharp-as-you-like photographic postcard of Vienna, Austria - the Donaukanal (" Danube Canal" ) and The Urania, a public educational institute and observatory

Peggy Moffitt
Margaret Anne " Peggy" Moffitt (born May 14, 1940)former American model and actress. During the 1960s, she was muse for fashion designer Rudi Gernreich

Clio, Euterpe and Thalia, Greek muses.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Esme, wife of David Wright
Esme Wright, formerly Esme Little, the wife of David Wright, who he met during the 1930s when she was working as a model, pictured here in Richmond Park, London in 1939

Stained Glass - Andrew Stoddart - Long Eaton Library
A Window celebrating the Muses of Literature, Poetry, Painting and Music in the Library at Long Eaton, Derbyshire (opened in 1906)

The Artists Studio / The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). The model poses like Clio, muse of History

A metal chastity belt from the time of the Crusades
MusÚÑáde Cluny (Cluny Museum) A metal chastity belt from the time of the Crusades

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