Musei Vaticani, State of the Vatican City

Artist/Maker Unknown

Calliope, Muse of elegy. Marble, Roman artwork from the 2nd century AD. The head is an idealistic portrait of the 1st century AD and does not belong to the statue.

Dimensions Unspecified

Credit line From the Villa of Cassius near Tivoli, 1774

Accession number Inv. 312

Museo Pio-Clementino, Muses Hall

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2003)


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