#charles meynier
The Muse Erato Writing Verses Inspired by Love
Charles Meynier (French; 1768–1832)
ca. 1797
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white gouache over black chalk underdrawing; squared in black chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Statue of Mercury in a landscape by Charles Meynier 1700/1800s. Mercury with bag of coins, caduceus, and turtle.
“24. Observe well, on every occasion, what I am going to tell thee:–
25. Let no man either by his words, or by his deeds, ever seduce thee.
26. Nor entice thee to say or to do what is not profitable for thyself.
27. Consult and deliberate before thou act, that thou mayest not commit foolish actions.”
-Pythagoras, The Golden Verses 24-27
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