# Clio

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LAGRENÉE, Jean-Jacques](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-jean-jacques-r2905379d7d6c0b>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 78 x 89 cm

## Commentary

In Greek mythology, Clio is the muse of history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne. Along with her sisters, she was considered to dwell either Mount Helicon or Mount Parnassos.

## Related artworks

- [Allegory on the Installation of the Museum in the Grande Galerie of the Louvre](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-jean-jacques-r2905379d7d6c0b/allegory-on-the-installation-of-the-museum-in-the-grande-galerie-of-the-louvre-r940edc6f3f849b>)
- [Helen Recognising Telemachus, Son of Odysseus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lagrene-jean-jacques-r2905379d7d6c0b/helen-recognising-telemachus-son-of-odysseus-r10d1ff98b56609>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)