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Minerva overcomes ignorance and laziness
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Minerva overcomes ignorance and laziness

Pieter Tanjé · 1716 - 1761 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Minerva, seated on the clouds, has Ignorance under her feet, and Sloth, with a tortoise, flees from her. Near a globe and the titles of writer César Vichard de Saint Réal sits Genius.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
titelpaginaprintMinerva as patronessIgnorance'Genio' (Ripa)
Credit lineMinerva overwint de onwetendheid en de luiheid. 1716 - 1761. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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