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A seated Minerva with owl and gorgoneion

A dramatic diagonal composition: the seated goddess looks upward as drapery streams across the sky, with an owl and Medusa shield at her feet. A strong, compact…

A dramatic diagonal composition: the seated goddess looks upward as drapery streams across the sky, with an owl and Medusa shield at her feet. A strong, compact black-and-white alternative to the standing Muller.

Source citation: Attributed to Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius. A seated Minerva with owl and gorgoneion. c. 1587. Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen. KKSgb21759. https://open.smk.dk/artwork/image/KKSgb21759

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