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Cupid reconciled with Minerva

Brilliant greens, blue sky and warm drapery fill a circular maiolica scene. Cupid offers a leafy branch to Minerva, supplying a colorful ceramic alternative to…

Brilliant greens, blue sky and warm drapery fill a circular maiolica scene. Cupid offers a leafy branch to Minerva, supplying a colorful ceramic alternative to easel paintings.

Source citation: Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli of Gubbio; painting attributed to the Painter of the Three Graces. Cupid reconciled with Minerva. 1525. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1942.9.333. https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1493-plate-reconciliation-cupid-and-minerva

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