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Minerva Drives Away Envy: an Allegory on Certainty
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Minerva Drives Away Envy: an Allegory on Certainty

Johannes Glauber · 1672 - 1726 · etching; paper

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

About this work

The goddess Minerva drives three harpies and the personification of Envy out of the sky. In the foreground the personification of the river Amstel. The print is after a ceiling painting by Gerard de Lairesse and is part of a series with Biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMinerva verdrijft Afgunst: een allegorie op zekerheid. 1672 - 1726. Johannes Glauber. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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