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Minerva hands a book to an old man
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Minerva hands a book to an old man

Jan Caspar Philips · 1740 · etching; engraving; paper

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

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Landscape with Minerva, as patroness of the arts, who hands a book to an old man. In the foreground three putti with a sheet on which the title in Dutch and a globe and other attributes that symbolize the arts and sciences.

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titelpaginaprintMinerva as patronessglobe
Credit lineMinerva overhandigt een boek aan een oude man. 1740. Jan Caspar Philips. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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