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Minerva and Peace among clouds

A vertical Rococo cloud scene with windblown drapery, helmet and shield above an abundant, flower-filled figure of Peace. Its muted blue, gold and cream palette…

A vertical Rococo cloud scene with windblown drapery, helmet and shield above an abundant, flower-filled figure of Peace. Its muted blue, gold and cream palette provides a gentler companion to Rubens’s violent allegory.

Source citation: Noël Hallé. Minerva and Peace among clouds. ca. 1763. Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris. P148. https://www.parismuseescollections.paris.fr/fr/musee-carnavalet/oeuvres/minerve-et-la-paix

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