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Sheet from a Sketchbook: Minerva Asking Jupiter for the Happiness of Ulysses or Minerva Questions Jupiter on the Destiny of Ithaca
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Sheet from a Sketchbook: Minerva Asking Jupiter for the Happiness of Ulysses or Minerva Questions Jupiter on the Destiny of Ithaca

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1802–05 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Minerva is shown kneeling before Jupiter who leans toward her and touches her chin. Juno sits beside Jupiter. Other gods are in the background at left.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
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Credit lineSheet from a Sketchbook: Minerva Asking Jupiter for the Happiness of Ulysses or Minerva Questions Jupiter on the Destiny of Ithaca. 1802–05. Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Museum purchase through gift of various donors. CC0.
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