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Minerva and the Muses
Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1604
Paulus van Vianen often derived the subject of his plaquettes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, as is the case here. The goddess Minerva visits the Muses because she wishes to see the sacred spring that the winged horse Pegasus caused to gush forth near them with a blow of his hoof.
- Artwork typeplaque
- Object numberBK-1953-12
- Dimensionsheight 25.4 cm x width 33.6 cm x thickness 0.4 cm