Porcelain painter: Jean Georget.
After a statue from the Hall of the Muses in the Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican.

Melpomene is the Greek Muse of tragedy, one of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She is often depicted with a tragic mask, and sometimes with a dagger or the club of Heracles, and is associated with dramatic performances and sorrowful tales.