The Voices  1880

The Voices , a small, delicate work on paper, is a paradigmatic example of the Symbolist style of the French painter Gustave Moreau. The scene is related to the theme of Hesiod and the Muses , one of the motifs of which the painter produced the most versions. The young Hesiod, the main figure in the composition, is attired in a hooded tunic with a shepherd’s crook, which r...