The Muses Thalia and Erato
Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1988
Catalogue
- Year
- 1754
- Dimensions
- 18-7/8 x 13-3/8 in. (47.9 x 33.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Andrea Appiani
Artist
Painting
Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter. He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, a historical painter in Rome.
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1811 · Black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso); squared in red chalk
Satyr
1808 · softground etching
Study for the Portrait of General Desaix
1795 · Black and white chalk on blue paper
Portrait of a Musician
1795 · oil on wood
Odysseus and Eurycleia
1774 · Black and white chalk with stumping on tan laid paper
Study for Head of Laocoon
1774 · Red chalk on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream wove board
Record
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- Andrea Appiani
- Year
- 1754
- Dimensions
- 18-7/8 x 13-3/8 in. (47.9 x 33.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1754-535133
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified