Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures

1566–67

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue paper; circular framing outline in compass point and brown ink
Dimensions: diameter 5-1/2 in.
Collection no.: 2000.204
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Giuseppe Porta. Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Classical Gods, Muses, and Allegorical Figures — Giuseppe Porta. 1566–67.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache, over black chalk, on blue paper; circular framing outline in compass point and brown ink. Dimensions: diameter 5-1/2 in..

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Purchase, Wildenstein & Co. Inc. Gift, 2000.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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