A compact reclining Minerva in saturated teal, red and gold, with a shield and lyre. The oblong form makes a handsome chapter header or half-page colour plate.
Source citation: Eugène Delacroix. Delacroix and Minerva in jewel tones. 1849–1852. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris. Accession not stated in the current public record; catalogue record 160000898. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/petit-palais/oeuvres/esquisse-pour-le-salon-de-la-paix-a-l-hotel-de-ville-de-paris-minerve
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