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Minerva protects innocence against temptation
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Minerva protects innocence against temptation

Johannes Glauber · 1656 - 1726 · etching; paper

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

About this work

Minerva descends from a cloud and protects three young women from a company of bacchants and satyrs. The bacchants erect an image of the god Pan. The company accompanies the drunken Bacchus. In the background right Hercules. The print is part of a series with mythological and allegorical subjects.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMinerva beschermt de onschuld tegen de verleiding. 1656 - 1726. Johannes Glauber. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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