Mars, Minerva, Venus, and Cupid

early 1500s Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.147

Mars, the god of war, chooses Minerva over Venus, goddesses representing Virtue and Vice. The subject was common in antiquity, although the male figure traditionally represents Hercules. The snake passing from Minerva to Mars lionizes wisdom, perhaps indicating that the patron...

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