Identificationtitle(s): minerva dispels envy: an allegory of certainty. La scúreté (title on object). Biblical, mythological and allegorical scenes (series title)
object type: print serial number: 20//30object number: rp-p-h-h-1347. Catalog reference: hollstein german 59-4(4). Roy p. 68c. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso top left, stamped: lugt 11. Description: the goddess minerva expels three harpies and the personification of envy from heaven. In the foreground the personification of the amstel river. The print is based on a ceiling painting by gerard de lairesse and is part of a series with biblical, mythological and allegorical scenes. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: johannes glauber (mentioned on object), after a design by: gerard de lairesse (mentioned on object), after a painting by: gerard de lairesse (mentioned on object), publisher: leonard schenk (mentioned on object) place of manufacture: printmaker: unknown, after a painting by: amsterdam, publisher: amsterdam. Dating: 1672 - 1726. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 301 mm × w 210 mm. Subjectwhat: (story of) minerva (pallas, athena). Envy; 'invidia' (ripa) ~ personification of one of the seven deadly sinsriver personified, 'fiumi' (ripa). Harpies (classical mythology)where: amstel. Acquisition and rights: credit line: loan from the rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Acquisition: loan 1957. Date: between 1672 and 1726.
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