MIGNARD, Pierre
(b. 1612, Troyes, d. 1695, Paris)

Clio

1689
Oil on canvas, 143,5 x 115 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

The Mignard followed the style of the Bolognese painters, especially that of Domenichino. On this painting Clio, the Muse of the historians, is a direct descendant of Domenichino's saints, in a somewhat more theatrical way.