Muses (persons)

Canadian YouTuber, socialite, actress, and model

French-American artist and author (1935–2014)

mother of Edgar Allan Poe (1787–1811)

art patron (1872–1950)

Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, better known as Salaì (1480 – 19 January 1524), was an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci from 1490 to 1518. Salaì entered Leonardo's household at the age of ten. Salai created paintings under the name of Andrea Salaì. He was described as one of Leonardo's students and lifelong companion and servant and was the model for Leonardo's St. John the Baptist, Bacchus, and Angelo incarnato.

British actress (1839-1914)

French model (1926-1986)

Brazilian model and actress

French artist and model (1881-1966)

French model (1822–1890)

British artist and model of Greek descent (1843-1914)

Wife of James Joyce (1884–1951)

German Jewish painter and emigrant from Nazi Germany (1880-1967)

American actress and model

Irish model

Magazine editor, stylist, actress, model (1958–2007)

United States poet (1803-1878)

Besarabia-born French model and muse

mother of British musician John Lennon

American singer, actor and dancer

American actress (1960–2021)

ballet dancer and choreographer (1933-2016)

Sweetheart of Edgar Allan Poe (1810–1888)

British artist's model (1835–1909)

German singer (1863–1950)

editor, translator (1902–1991)

American painter and model (1883-1967)

Australian artist (1961-1994)

American architect (1920–2011)

Italian nobleman

English artists' model (1845-1884)

person who inspires another person to creative achievement/work

American photographer (1900-1975)

British actor and model (1859–1899)

Spanish consultant, art director, and model

French artists' model (1926-2012)

Austrian model (1894–1917)

British artist, known as Picasso's "Girl with a ponytail" (born 1934)

Italian art model and painter (1861-1934)

muse of Leonard Cohen (1935-2016)

Italian painting model. Muse and mistress of painter Anselm Feuerbach (1839–1900)

(1865-1929)

Austrian artistic muse (1916-1935)

American author (1904-1990)

American actress, author, ballet dancer, director, and producer

Irish-British art model (1854–1882)

French salonnière and demimonde (1849–1900)

wife of George Orwell (1918–1980)

German gold and silver smith; wife and model of painter Otto Dix (1895–1985)

painter (1910-1998)

British socialite, fashion model, author, and television personality (1969–2018)

American stage and costume designer

Polish noble, inspiration for the character Tadzio in Thomas Mann’s novella Death in Venice

fiancée of John Keats

American actress

German countess and pianist (1805-1851)

Auguste Rodin's partner

German singer and opera singer (1881–1964)

expert aerialist

French choreographer, Paintor. Picasso partner (1885–1915)