The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Charles Meynier
Artist bio: French, Paris 1768–1832 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1797
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, over black chalk on brown paper; squared in black chalk
Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.  (46 x 33.2 cm.)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2001
Accession year: 2001
Tags: Musical Instruments|Poetry|Love|Muses