Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.350.216.188.26)Sacred Art & IconographyMnemosyne, Goddess of Memory (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.350.216.188.26)Commercial color lithograph, Wm. S. Kimball and Co., 1889, Metropolitan Museum of Art 63.350.216.188.26Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.350.216.188.26)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/mnemosyne-met-63-350-216-188-26.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.350.216.188.26). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/mnemosyne-met-63-350-216-188-26Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-mnemosyne-goddess-of-memory-metropolitan, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.350.216.188.26)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sacred-art-iconography/mnemosyne-met-63-350-216-188-26}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA commercial color lithograph trade card titled "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory," issued by Wm. S. Kimball and Co. in 1889 as part of a series depicting the goddesses of the Greeks and Romans. Mnemosyne is the Titan goddess who personifies memory and, in the standard account, is the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints department, under accession 63.350.216.188.26.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMnemosyne, Deities Well-attested This source names Mnemosyne directly: "color lithograph trade card titled "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory," issued by Wm."Source Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory, accession 63.350.216.188.26 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1The Mother, Deities Well-attested This source names The Mother directly: "and, in the standard account, is the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus."Source Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory, accession 63.350.216.188.26 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1The Nine Muses, Deities Well-attested This source names The Nine Muses directly: "the standard account, is the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus."Source Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory, accession 63.350.216.188.26 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionAncient Greek Religion, Religions Well-attested Source Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory, accession 63.350.216.188.26 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsMnemosyne, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this card names the subject outright and identifies her role, "Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory, accession 63.350.216.188.26 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesMnemosyne, Goddess of Memory, accession 63.350.216.188.26 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 63.350.216.188.26View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year