Promotional print by Charles de la Vieuville, 1636, Paulus Pontius, after Peter Paul Rubens, after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1636 print Announcement of the promotion of Charles de la Vieuville and the defense of his dissertation "Positiones Philosophicæ", to the Collège d'Archin in Douai on December 29, 1636. A meeting of the gods has been presented on a carpet. Minerva and Neptunus dispute each other's possession of Attica. The gods promise the country to those who can give the inhabitants the most useful gift. Neptunus creates the horse with his trident. Minerva is on the land, where she leav
Promotional print by Charles de la Vieuville, 1636, Paulus Pontius, after Peter Paul Rubens, after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1636 print Announcement of the promotion of Charles de la Vieuville and the defense of his dissertation "Positiones Philosophicæ", to the Collège d'Archin in Douai on December 29, 1636. A meeting of the gods has been presented on a carpet. Minerva and Neptunus dispute each other's possession of Attica. The gods promise the country to those who can give the inhabitants the most useful gift. Neptunus creates the horse with his trident. Minerva is on the land, where she leaves an olive tree. The other gods watch. In the air peace and abundance that the coat of arms of Pope Urbanus VIII carry. At the bottom of a framework with an assignment to Pope Urbanus VIII and a list of the views to be defended in Latin. For the framework cartouches with performances that refer to the Pope's family history. Antwerp paper engraving Minerva in contest with Neptune for Athens: Minerva creates the olive-tree, Neptune the horse; Jupiter and other Olympians look on. armorial bearing, heraldry. peace and prosperity, 'Pax et Abundantia'. insects: bee
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