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Saucer with a mythological scene with Venus, Cupid and Minerva
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Saucer with a mythological scene with Venus, Cupid and Minerva

anonymous · c. 1740 - c. 1760 · turning; vitrification; paint; gild; emailleren; fired; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Porcelain plate, painted overglaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the front in the clouds Venus is depicted, seated in a chariot drawn by two doves. Before her stands Cupid, directing his arrows downwards. Below stands Minerva, protector of the arts, sciences, crafts and war goddess. With a shield and a spear in her hands she protects a soldier, sleeping in a landscape, against the arrows of Cupid. European subject in enamel colors.

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Credit lineSaucer with a mythological scene with Venus, Cupid and Minerva. c. 1740 - c. 1760. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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