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| Keywords: Greek - Leaning Muse, Probably Polyhymnia - Walters 2390.jpg The original statue on which this figure is based no longer survives but it inspired numerous Hellenistic and Roman copies that were placed in public and private gardens Statues of the Muses also adorned the great scholarly complex in Alexandria known as the Mouseion Place of the Muses which has given us the modern word museum century 3 2 BC Hellenistic marble cm 33 8 26 4 20 3 accession number 23 90 11896 Dr B and M C 1910 Madame Xavier Durighello Sale Galerie Georges Petit Paris 1924 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York 1927 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
