# Clio, the Muse of History [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GENTILESCHI, Artemisia]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 128 x 97 cm ## Commentary The book on the table contains an inscription that bears Artemisia's signature and the date 1632, along with a dedication. One end of the book may have been cut off during restoration in the eighteenth century. In the past, the figure has been interpreted as an allegory of Fame whose attributes include the trumpet, depicted in the figure's hand. However, the trumpet is also recommended in Cesare Ripa's Iconologia for representations of Clio, along with laurel and a book by Thucydides. ## Related artworks - [Bathsheba at her Bath]() - [Bathsheba]() - [Birth of St John the Baptist]() - [Danaë \(detail\)]() - [Danaë]() - [Jael and Sisera]() - [Judith and Her Maidservant]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes \(detail\)]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Mary Magdalen]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()