Charles Meynier
Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy
1798
Neoclassical allegory reaches its height in Meynier's celebration of artistic inspiration and divine enlightenment. The painting embodies Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary France's belief in art's civilizing power.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
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