The strongest vertical action plate: Minerva sweeps across the picture in lilac, gold and rose, driving her lance into a writhing personification. Helmet, aegis and spear stay readable even at book-page scale.
Source citation: Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens wisdom defeats ignorance. 1632–1633?. Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA), Flemish Community. 802. https://vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/en/collection/802
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