Gustave Moreau painted Hesiod and the Muse in 1891. The Greek poet Hesiod wrote that the Muses appeared to him on Mount Helicon and breathed poetic inspiration into him — the earliest account of divine artistic inspiration in Western literature. Moreau, the leading French Symbolist painter, shows the Muse embracing and whispering to Hesiod, both figures gilded and dreamlike against a dark landscape. The painting is at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. About this deck

Material: Grade-A 7-ply Canadian maple — the same wood used in professional skate decks

Size: 85 x 20 cm (33.5 x 7.9 in)

Print: Gallery-quality UV print — no glass needed

Mounting hardware not included — purchase separately

Ships from Berlin — worldwide delivery in protective packaging

Also available as a diptych (45 x 85 cm) or triptych (70 × 85 cm).