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Minerva and Mercury Shake Hands
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Minerva and Mercury stand on pedestals and shake hands. Between them a stone tablet with space for the title of the book. On the tablet stands a bust of a woman with a city crown symbolizing Good Government. Below the tablet a cartouche with playing putti.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineMinerva en Mercurius reiken elkaar de hand. c. 1656 - c. 1666. Cornelis Galle (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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