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Lambert Visscher, after Pietro da Cortona, Minerva abducts the young prince from Venus

Photo courtesy of Tom St Aubyn (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
Petworth House
Title(s)
Minerva abducts the young prince from Venus
Date
1677
Medium and support
Etching and engraving
Artists
Lambert Visscher, after Pietro da Cortona
Catalogue Number
PT5

Description

Plate from Heroicae virtutis imagines. Published in Rome

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