Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Charles Meynier

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman stands on a marble balcony. She has a gold headband and a white veil flows from it. She is wearing a blue dress with a low neckline and short sleeves. A gold drape covers her right shoulder. Her left arm is straight out to her side and her right hand is in front of her. Her right foot is bare and turned outward. She is standing on a marble floor. A bronze bust of a man with a beard sits on a stone pedestal behind her, with Greek writing on the front. A chair in carved wood and upholstered in red velvet sits behind her on the left. A spear rests against the pedestal on the left. The background shows a cloudy sky over a low, hilly landscape.