The Muses: Melpomene, Erato and Polyhymnia
by LE SUEUR, Eustache, Oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm
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 H�tel Lambert in Paris. These charming, delicately painted pictures foreshadow the coming of Poussin.