Calliope. Cesare Dandini (Italian, 1596-1657). Oil on canvas.This painting represents one of the nin
Calliope. Cesare Dandini (Italian, 1596-1657). Oil on canvas.This painting represents one of the nine muses, daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. Dandini followed the description of Calliope, Muse of epic poetry, prescribed in Cesare Ripa’s ‘Iconologia’ (1603). Dandini’s works show a combination of restrained theatricality and idealised classicism that suited the tastes of his patrons at the court of Lorenzo de’ Medici. The rhetorical gesture, and the animation with which the elegant half-length female figure, are characteristic features of the works he produced during the final decades of his career. -- source link
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