Minerva and the Muses, Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen, 1604
silver (metal), h 25.4cm × w 33.6cm × t 0.4cm More details
Paulus van Vianen often derived the subject of his plaquettes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, as is the case here. The goddess Minerva visits the Muses because she wishes to see the sacred spring that the winged horse Pegasus caused to gush forth near them with a blow of his hoof.
