Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Charles Meynier

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman with fair skin and long brown hair wearing a white sleeveless dress with a pink sash around her waist. She sits on a rock, wearing a green shawl draped over her shoulders and a laurel wreath on her head. The woman holds a scroll in her right hand and a long, thin, gold-colored horn in her left hand. The background shows a dark cloudy sky with a green bust of a man on the right side. There are plants growing at the base of the rock. The colors in the painting include shades of green, blue, white, gray, and brown. The woman appears to be looking to her right. A blue cloth is draped over her lap and a green cloth is draped over her shoulders.