# The Muses: Melpomene, Erato and Polyhymnia

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## Artwork

- Artist: [LE SUEUR, Eustache](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm

## Commentary

Le Sueur was the pupil of Vouet. This painting and its companion piece depicting Clio, Euterpe and Thalia were used to decorate the Cabinet of the Muses of the Hôtel Lambert in Paris. These charming, delicately painted pictures foreshadow the coming of Poussin.

## Related artworks

- [A Gathering of Friends](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/a-gathering-of-friends-r2350e83c2fecc5>)
- [Allegory of Poetry](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/allegory-of-poetry-r7173c809df326d>)
- [Caligula Depositing the Ashes of his Mother and Brother in the Tomb of his Ancestors](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/caligula-depositing-the-ashes-of-his-mother-and-brother-in-the-tomb-of-his-ancestors-r9391be9c7917da>)
- [Christ Healing the Blind Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/christ-healing-the-blind-man-raa7b3d420facc4>)
- [Death of Raymond Diocrès](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/death-of-raymond-diocrs-r4a4e9c2b59adfb>)
- [Death of St Bruno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/death-of-st-bruno-rc99fbfbac59555>)
- [Portrait of a Young Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/portrait-of-a-young-man-r31826967dd74da>)
- [Presentation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/presentation-of-the-virgin-rce94bbc7e2c89b>)
- [Raymond Diocrès Announcing his Damnation after his Death](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/raymond-diocrs-announcing-his-damnation-after-his-death-r7d9b9de0cad80d>)
- [Saint Bruno Is Taken to Heaven](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/saint-bruno-is-taken-to-heaven-r9d42afb5417706>)
- [St Bruno Appearing to Comte Roger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/st-bruno-appearing-to-comte-roger-r0bbe4e6904bc1a>)
- [St Bruno at Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/le-sueur-eustache-r34a41f86383e31/st-bruno-at-prayer-r3a7d952a74df7d>)

## Attribution

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