Recto: Minerva, or 'Arma' (Allegory of the Art of War), preliminary design for pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series; Verso, above: Deer Hunt with Lassos; Below: Board Hunt with Shotguns, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Minerva in Roman armor with helmet and shield with Medusa head, surrounded by canon, armor and other implements of war, right. Implements of peacetime industry and study, left. Battlefield in background, right; marketplace, left. Recto: Hunting scene

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