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)

Item sets

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