Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D,” and named Apollo and the Muses . In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry. Here, Urania is personified as a full-length female figure, set in an imaginary hilly landscape. She carries a celestial globe in her left hand, and a compass in her right hand, symbolizing that she is the Muse of Astronomy.
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Arithmetic
Gentleman (from the Tarocchi series E: Conditions of Man, #5
Calliope (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses,
Genius of the World (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Pri
Geometry (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #24)
Poetry (Poesia XXVII)
Tarocchi
Melpomene (tragedy) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and
Philips Galle — Mensura, from "Proposopographia"
Johann Georg Bergmüller — The Gift of Counsel
Philips Galle — Sanitas, from "Proposopographia"
Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Raphael (Raffaello Sa
René Boyvin|Luca Penni — Pallas Athena
Enea Vico|Battista Franco|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|F
Martin Schongauer|Israhel van Meckenem — The Third Wise Virg
Giorgio Ghisi (Italian, 1520–1582) — Allegorical Figure Hold
Abraham Bosse|Pierre Mariette|Gilles Rousselet|Claude Vignon
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) — The Fourth of the
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) — The Fourth Wise V
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) — The First Wise Vi