Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence
Cleveland Museum of Art

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Charles Meynier (French, 1768–1832) · 1800

oil on canvas
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Meynier was trained in a studio known by the students of Jacques-Louis David as the atelier of the "perruques" (wigs), a name given to royalists or conservatives of the period.

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