Allegory of Minerva in a landscape Minerva is in a landscape at a monument Where: on the portrait of the poet John Milton. At her feet three putti playing with his books, and a fourth with a compass. Minerva looks up to a figure that its allegorical showing a sheet of paper. On the sheet a representation of Adam and Eve who are put through the angel of Paradise, and the title of the book in Dutch. Airborne Fame, blowing her trumpet toward the monument. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan Point (listed building) in its design: Jan Point (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1735 Physic
Allegory of Minerva in a landscape Minerva is in a landscape at a monument Where: on the portrait of the poet John Milton. At her feet three putti playing with his books, and a fourth with a compass. Minerva looks up to a figure that its allegorical showing a sheet of paper. On the sheet a representation of Adam and Eve who are put through the angel of Paradise, and the title of the book in Dutch. Airborne Fame, blowing her trumpet toward the monument. Manufacturer : printmaker Jan Point (listed building) in its design: Jan Point (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1735 Physical Features: Etching and engra material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: sheet: 121 mm × h b 73 mmToelichtingPrent presumably used as a title page for: Milton, John. [Translated from the English by] Lambertus van den Broek. The Paradys verlooren. Amsterdam: Rudolph Brouwer, 1735. Subject: (story of) Minerva (Pallas Athena) globeexpulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3: 22-24) fame; "Fama", "Fama buona", "Fama chiara '(Ripa) Who: John Milton
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