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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 332984, member: 5833&quot;][USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] </p><p>She is styled like a Muse, but allegorical figures are often represented that way too, the personification of Industry or of Masonry, etc.&nbsp; Used a lot on medals &amp; made up by the engraver.&nbsp; I would like to see her straight from the front &amp; other side.&nbsp; It&#039;s quite probable that her lost left hand once held something that would help us understand her better.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we can see now, there is no lyre, an illusion given by folds of robe.&nbsp; If there had been, given that she is seated, I would have ruled for Erato, Muse of Erotic Poetry; her attribute is a lyre.</p><p><br /></p><p>Terpsichore, Muse of Dance, in classical art is signified by a lyre &amp; plectrum.&nbsp; This is often omitted in more modern times, but she is then shown dancing, or at least on her feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because it&#039;s nostalgic for AJ:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A343" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A343" rel="nofollow">Erato</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A332" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A332" rel="nofollow">Terpsichore</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Methods, materials &amp; clocks above my pay grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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