Why were the muses considered to be dangerous? Tura's 'A Muse (Calliope?)' | National Gallery

Imogen Tedbury, Simon Sainsbury Curatorial Fellow, discusses Tura's 'A Muse (Calliope?)' in ten minutes.

Paintings mentioned in this video:

🎨 Cosimo Tura, A Muse (Calliope?), probably 1455-60
Website link: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/cosimo-tura-a-muse-calliope

🎨 Possibly by Girolamo Romanino, Pegasus and the Muses, about 1540
Website link: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/possibly-by-girolamo-romanino-pegasus-and-the-muses

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