Minerva in a Decorative Frame with Grotesques, from the Judgment of Paris

Adriaen Collaert

ca. 1580–1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Plate 3 from a series of six devoted to the figures in the mythological story of the Judgment of Paris. Vertical panel with the armed figure of Minerva standing in a landscape in a medallion at center. The nude figure holds a spear in her right hand and a shield with the head of Gorgon in her left. Surrounding the medallion, a dark background with grotesque ornament, including a satyr with insect wings crouching under a canopy at top center.

Artist

Adriaen Collaert

Date

ca. 1580–1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939