Minerva of the Vatican, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Unknown
Unknown (Antique artist) (copy after)
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 3
The most celebrated and beautiful of the representations of Pallas that have been handed down to modern times, it is the full-length figure, formerly one of the most distinguished ornaments of the Giustiniani Collection, but now occupying a prominent place amongst the treasures of the Braccio Nuovo of the Vatican. . . . Braun's Introduction to the Study of Art-Mythology, P. 33. [PP. 4-6; excerpted from a 2-page citation from Braun's text.]
1875. Descriptive Catalogue of Statuary, on Exhibition at the Gallery of the Maryland Historical Society Rooms, Athenaeum Buildings, St. Paul and Saratoga Streets, Baltimore. Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co. Publishers, Booksellers, Printers and Stationers. 182 Baltimore Street, 1875.
1876
Control number
AECI 02040003
Type
Sculptures
Exhibition Catalogs
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Mythology--Classical--Minerva
Figure female
Record ID
siris_aeci_41887
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