The World of Music 1950s - 1570 painting of Apollo and the Muses / Apollo and the Muses by Maarten de Vos. Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos was a Flemish painter mainly of history paintings and portraits. 16th century painting / artist. Apollo and the nine muses Calliope, Cleo, Erato, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Polumnia, Euterpe, Thalia and Ourania are dancing dynamically in a circle on a sandy ground. A banner provides the names of the persons depicted, behind them is a golden background. Musical history, Social history.
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