JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 27 October 2026 / 10:00 am start
A miniature painting of Clio the Muse of History,
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Lot Details
after the painting by Johann Heinrich Tischbein - The Nine Muses - Clio (History), 1780, hand painted on ivorine and signed Dupre, gilt and ebonised frame. In Greek mythology the muses were the daughters of Zeus.
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