Minerva (Athena) holding an olive branch and Cecrops (?) holding a tree. Engraving by C. Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona.

  • Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
Date:
[between 1670 and 1679?]
Reference:
2954045i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] (ad Templ. Pacis) : Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis cum priv. S. Pont, [between 1670 and 1679?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching : platemark 19.6 x 33.9 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Eq. Petrus Berettinus Corton. pinx. Florentiae in aedib. Sereniss. Magni Ducis Hetrur. in camera Iovis. Cornel Bloemart sculp.

References note

Jane Davidson Reid, The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s, Oxford 1993, vol. 1 p. 252 ("Minerva planting the olive, symbol of peace")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2954045i

Reproduction note

After: a painting by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Giove, Pitti Palace, in Florence

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  • fresher impression

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  • older impression

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