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The Daughters of Cecrops Open the Basket of Minerva
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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The daughters of Cecrops open the basket that Minerva entrusted to them. In the basket is the child Erichthonius, who to their horror has a snake's tail. A crow watches from a tree. In the lower margin, a four-line explanation in two columns, in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDochters van Cecrops openen de mand van Minerva. 1590. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
