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Mercury Gives Minerva a Pan Flute
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Mercury Gives Minerva a Pan Flute

John B. Skippe · 1783 · chiaroscuro woodcut; paper; ink

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

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Mercury hands over a pan flute to Minerva. With label with three-line Latin text bearing the name: Ben. Blayney. Part of an album with 26 mounted chiaroscuro woodcuts after Italian artists of the sixteenth century.

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Credit lineMercurius geeft Minerva een panfluit. 1783. John B. Skippe. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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