Melpomene, Plate Seventeen from Apollo and the Muses
An engraving shows a robed female figure in profile, blowing into a long curved horn held to her lips while her hair flows behind her. She stands on a barren ground beside a large round stone, with distant hills and a sparse landscape under a plain engraved border. The inscription MELPOMENE XVII and the number 17 appear along the bottom edge.
- Artist
- Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
- Date
- c. 1465
- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 2927 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1470).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.