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Minerva protects innocence against temptation
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Minerva descends from a cloud and protects three young women from a company of bacchantes and satyrs. These bacchantes set up an image of the god Pan. The company accompanies the drunken Bacchus. In the background to the left, Hercules.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMinerva beschermt de onschuld tegen de verleiding. 1600 - 1699. Gerard de Lairesse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
