Polyhymnia
Item
Title
Polyhymnia
Description
A painting of the Greek muse Polyhymnia, holding a scroll and sitting with a stringed instrument next to her
Creator
Joseph Fagnani
Date Created
1869
Medium
Oil on canvas
Provenance
The artist's estate with Somerville Gallery, New York (1873); subscribers to an association for its presentation to the museum: Emma Fagnani, Charles Fagnani, Courtlandt Palmer Jr., Charles P. Palmer, Mrs. Henry Draper, Edward S. Jaffray, Edward Clark, Thomas Lord, J. Warren Goddard, William B. Isham, and William T. Blodgett (1874)
Identifier
Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 74.45
Extent
43 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (110.5 x 83.8 cm)