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Offering of Ironwork to Minerva
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
From a cloud Minerva admires a forged iron gate, which Vulcanus and Mercury show her. Time looks on. In the background a smithy in a cave. The women to the left of Minerva represent the Fine Arts. Below this representation a second image, on which men are busy examining or rearranging ornaments. Above this hangs a drapery, on which in French and English the title, author and content of the book are displayed.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineAanbieding van smeedwerk aan Minerva. 1693. Paul van Somer (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
