Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series
date: label: Date
content: 1597
name: label: Print Maker
content: Jan Sadeler, the Elder, ca. 1550 – 1600
label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the foreground, the goddess Minerva, or Pallas Athena, clad in armour with the Medusa shield, is seated on a heap of objects associated with war, including a cannon, and a military treatise and instruments such as a drum and trumpets; to left, two armies engage in pitch battle; to right, behind a town settlement, soldiers supervise a series of executions.
place: label: published in
content: Venice
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Frederick Formes Horter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-61-4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: engraving on paper