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Description: | Minerva, goddess of wisdom, and Fame, are unveiling a portrait of the great Flemish artist, scholar and diplomat, Peter Paul Rubens. This painting may have been done as a study for an engraving. The space allowed at the bottom was possibly for a Latin inscription that often appears on prints. The practice of painting an oil-sketch after a drawing as a model for an engraving, rather than providing the engraver with a drawing, was not uncommon and was done by several famous artists, notably Rubens and Van Dyck. During the 1960s there was some discussion about its attribution; it was ascribed to Tiepolo and later to Amiconi but is now genrally considered to be from the French School. | Subjects: | allegory (fame); mythology (Minerva); portrait (Rubens) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8440... | Go to resource |
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