A pensive, helmeted Minerva leans her head on one hand above a shield, with richly folded drapery and an array of weapons at her feet. This contemplative marble figure is a memorable contrast to the goddess in combat and shows her adaptation to military commemoration.
Source citation: Laurent Delvaux (1696–1778). Minerva, from the Funerary Monument of Leonard Mathias van der Noot (1676–1753) and Helena Catharina de Jonghe (d. 1745). 1746–1748. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. BK-1970-137. https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20035850
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