Athena
The Personification of Wisdom
Hendrik Goltzius (1558–1617),
Frans Hals Museum,
Haarlem,
The Netherlands
Hendrik Goltzius shows a classical and fairly complete set of her attributes in his Minerva/Athena – as the Personification of Wisdom- 1611: the owl, her distinctive helmet, decorated with olive leaves, a spear, books, and great beauty.
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