Category:Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (Charles Meynier - Cleveland Museum of Art)

**Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy**
	painting by Charles Meynier (French, 1768-1832) (2003.6.3)
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Instance of	painting;
Part of	Apollo and the Muses;
Depicts	Apollo and Urania
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	mythological painting;
Location	Cleveland Museum of Art, Wade Park, University Circle, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Country of origin	France;
Creator	Charles Meynier;
Commissioned by	François-Bernard Boyer-Fonfrède;
Collection	Cleveland Museum of Art;
Inventory number	2003.6.3 (Cleveland Museum of Art);
Inception	1798;
Width	235 cm;
Height	275 cm;
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Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (Charles Meynier - Cleveland Museum of Art)

Charles Meynier: Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Artist



Alternative names	Meynier; M. Meynier
Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	25 November 1768	6 September 1832
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q970511 VIAF: 54417590 ISNI: 0000000001100696 ULAN: 500020752 LCCN: nb2007019640 WGA: m/meynier GND: 117570427 SUDOC: 101590814 BNF: 14959169q RKD: 55808 J9U: 987007426956505171 Koninklijke: 317783734 WorldCat

Title

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Part of

Apollo and the Muses

Object type

painting

Genre

mythological painting

Depicted people

Apollo

Date

1798

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 275 cm (108.2 in)

; width: 235 cm (92.5 in)

Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

	Native name	Cleveland Museum of Art
	Location	Cleveland, United States of America
	Coordinates	41° 30′ 32″ N, 81° 36′ 42″ W
	Established	1913 (Officially opened in 1916)
	Website	www.clevelandart.org
	Authority file	: Q657415 VIAF: 125472356 ISNI: 0000000419367873 ULAN: 500209693 LCCN: n78087650 NLA: 35029027 WorldCat

Current location

201 French Neoclassical Painting & Sculpture

Accession number

2003.6.3 (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Place of creation

France, late 18th century

Object history

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.

Exhibition history

Salon of 1798, Salon Carré, 19 July 1798 -

Credit line

Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

References

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Charles Meynier - Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy - 2003.6.3 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tiff 5,101 × 6,000; 87.59 MB
Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy - Charles Meynier.jpg 1,270 × 1,567; 572 KB
Charles Meynier - Apollo (1798).jpg 759 × 893; 385 KB
Clevelandart 2003.6.3.jpg 2,891 × 3,400; 4.9 MB
FileApollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy - Charles Meynier (cropped 3).jpg 336 × 336; 55 KB
Muse Urania with Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts - Charles Meynier (cropped).jpg 392 × 456; 73 KB
Apolo y Urania . Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy - Charles Meynier (cropped).jpg 771 × 718; 204 KB

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