The Athenians sacrifice to the newborn Minerva
Year: 1629
From: Philostratus of Lemnos. Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates, sophistes grecs, et les Statues de Callistrate, tr. Blaise de Vigenère. Paris. 1629, p. 510
Location: Warburg Institute
External link: iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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