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Minerva Leads Painting to her Place Among the Seven Liberal Arts


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Minerva, goddess of artistic ingenuity, leads painting (Pictura) holding pencils and a palette to her rightful place within the personifications of the seven liberal arts. Above her head, a putto holding a palm and a laurel wreath is flying. Nil Invita Minerva is the proverb from Horace and Cicero that could have inspire this representation.

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Ingenuity: Ingenium, Ingenuity: Genius, Minerva, Liberal Arts, Wreath, Putto, Hercule

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Rijksmuseum

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