Allegory on Minerva as the Head of the Muses

Speeckaert, Hans (died 1577)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
mid-16th century
Height:
29.9 cm  (11 3/4 in.)
Width:
22.5 cm  (8 7/8 in.)
Technique / Medium:
pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1972.3.1]

Description

Three Muses (?) on either side of Minerva, playing viola da braccio, wind instrument, and double straight trumpet. In the background, a fourth Muse (?) playing lyre.

Iconclass

92C27
specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Minerva; Minerva as patroness

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lira da braccio [3181]
Wind instruments [3730]
Double trumpet
Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3993