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Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and Choral Lyrics
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Full-length figure in left profile, playing a harp. Two firing holes on verso.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Grenville L. Winthrop New York NY bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Terpsichore, Muse of Dance and Choral Lyrics
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Full-length figure in left profile, playing a harp.
Two firing holes on verso.
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