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Minerva Liberates Truth from the Underworld
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Minerva Liberates Truth from the Underworld

Louis Desplaces · 1715 · etching; stippelwerk; engraving; paper

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

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Minerva sits on a cloud in the sky and extends an arm towards Truth, who floats upwards before her with a sun above her head and Father Time behind her. Below them the blindfolded Confusion and Ignorance in the underworld.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMinerva bevrijdt de Waarheid uit de onderwereld. 1715. Louis Desplaces. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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