An elegant oval grisaille-like painting: helmet, Gorgon breastplate and spear combine with an overflowing cornucopia, books and artists’ tools. Particularly usable as a restrained opener in a mostly monochrome book.
Source citation: Anonymous painter. Minerva as patron of the arts. 1701–1800. Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. P1777. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/minerve-ou-l-abondance-favorisant-les-arts-peinture-decorative-pour-l-hotel
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