Minerva with her arm resting on a shield, faces Cecrops who holds a tree at right; from 'Heroicae Virtutis Imagines' after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Giove of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)
Artist bio: Dutch, Utrecht 1603–?1684 Rome|Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome|Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Artist
Artist nationality: Dutch|Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1677
Medium: Engraving and etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 7 13/16 × 13 7/16 in. (19.9 × 34.2 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951