Description
Polymnia is one of the nine muses in Greek mythology and a patron of dancing or geometry. She is portrayed here standing in front of a bust of the Athenian orator Demosthenes. This painting belongs to a cycle of five works commissioned by businessman François Boyer-Fonfréde for his home in Toulouse.
Provenance
In 1819, Nicolas-Antoine de Castella, general of the Swiss regiments in France, purchased the paintings and placed them in his Castle of Wallenreid, Switzerland; direct descendants; Pierre de Castella, Mannaz, Switzerland.
Accession Number
2003.6.1
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 275 x 177 cm (108 1/4 x 69 11/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
