Les Muses et les Pierides
date: label: date made
content: ca1829
name: label: printer
content: Durand & Sauve
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Engraving. Designed and engraved by Baron Boucher-Desnoyers after Perino del Vaga (Buonacorsi), pupil of Raphael; from the painting in the Musée Royal, 1829. Printed by Durand & Sauvé, Paris.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Classical scene with figures in a wooded landscape. Nine daughters of King Pierus of Macedonia compete against the Muses in a contest judged by Apollo and Minerva with other gods in attendance. Many musical instruments are pictured.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Mythology
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Communications
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ingrid R. Rose in memory of Milton R. Rose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0197.64
label: accession number
content: 2015.0197
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0197.64
objectType: label: Object Name
content: engravig
label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sheet: 44 cm x 65 cm; 17 5/16 in x 25 19/32 in
label: Measurements
content: image: 34 cm x 58.5 cm; 13 3/8 in x 23 1/32 in