Engraving of a seated woman with long hair playing a stringed instrument, with small trees and hills behind her and a braided border.

Thalia, Plate Sixteen from Apollo and the Muses

A seated woman with long loose hair and a flowing gown plays a stringed instrument, her eyes lowered in concentration. She sits on a patterned ground with small trees and hills behind her, framed by a braided border. The engraving is printed in fine, precise lines on paper, with the inscription "THALIA XVI" and the number 16 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 × 2967 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1470).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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