Minerva depicted at top with a shield and arrow vanquishing the Giants below, from "Barberinae aulae fornix"

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This print is from a series of plates loosely stitched together representing Pietro da Cortona's ceiling frescoes 'Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power' for the salone of Palazzo Barberini, Rome painted 1630-33. The prints are dedicated to Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares and Duke of Sanlucar (1587-1645). The frontispiece bares the name of Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi who published the series.

Minerva depicted at top with a shield and arrow vanquishing the Giants below, from "Barberinae aulae fornix", Anonymous, Italian, 17th century, Engraving

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