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Calliope is a 19th century oil painting on canvas by Joseph Fagnani (1819-1873). It depicts Calliope, a Greek muse presiding over eloquence and epic poetry. It was painted in 1869 and can now be seen at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.



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The subject of the painting is a Greek muse Calliope, who was the mother of Orpheus. She is usually depicted with a writing tablet and wearing a gold crown. On Fagnani's painting she is holding a roll of paper instead of the tablet.

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