Thalia muse painting7/24/2023 ![]() The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections Reference Number 1920.2043 IIIF Manifest Published 1601 Medium Engraving in black on ivory laid paper Inscriptions Signed in plate at lower right, "Io. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. Status Currently Off View Department Prints and Drawings Artist Johann Theodor de Bry Title Thalia, Muse of Comedy, plate 14 from Parnassus Biceps Place Frankfurt an der Oder (Object made in) Dateĭates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. The duality of tragedy and comedy as manifested in these two deities brings to mind the universally recognizable image of the laughing and weeping faces used to symbolize theater today. Behind Thalia, a pedestal is piled with other comic masks. Each Muse holds a mask-a tragic mask for Melpomene, a comic one for Thalia. Melpomene, in the print on the left (see 1920.2037), was the protector of tragedy her counterpart Thalia, Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry, is visible on the right. Produced in cooperation with the Vatican Museums. ![]() ![]() indicating Roman dependence on Greek originals. In Greek mythology, the nine Muses governed the arts and music. The Museums sculpture of Thalia, the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry, is a reproduction of a second-century Roman original that resembles Greek models of the late fourth to early third century B.C.
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