Minerva descends from a cloud and protects three youthful women from a company of bacchants and satyrs. These bacchants erect an image of the god Pan. The company accompanies the drunken Bacchus. In the background on the right Hercules. The print is part of a series with mythological and allegorical representations, Minerva protects innocence from temptation Mythological and allegorical representations (series title), print maker: Johannes Glauber, Gerard de Lairesse, (mentioned on object), publisher: Leonard Schenk, (possibly), unknown, 1656 - 1726, paper, etching, w 250 mm × h 171 mm

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