Les Toiles de Minerva 1615
Les Toiles de Minerva Plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenure, Paris, 1615. Engraving circa 1615, by Leonard Gaultier. Gaultier, or Galter, was a French engraver, born at Mainz about 1561, and died in Paris in 1641. In Greco-Roman mythology, Arachne is a talented mortal weaver who challenged Athena, goddess of wisdom and crafts, into a weaving contest this hubris resulted in her being transformed into a spider
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13910964
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48520602
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World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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