A helmeted Minerva rises at the centre of a lively gathering, her shield and spear setting her apart from the surrounding figures. Warm ink, broad washes and lightly drawn cloud-borne figures offer a delicate, full-page counterpart to more monumental images of the goddess as patron of the arts.
Source citation: Hans Speckaert (Flemish, died ca. 1577). Allegory of Minerva as the Head of the Muses. In or before 1575. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 1972.3.1. https://www.nga.gov/artworks/53109-allegory-minerva-head-muses
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