Recto: Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), preliminary design for pl. 2 in the Schema, seu Speculum Principum (Skills of a Prince) series; Verso, above: Deer Hunt with Lassos; Below: Board Hunt with Shotguns
Horizontal rectangle. Minerva in Roman armor with helmet and shield with Medusa head, surrounded by canon, armor and other implements of war, right. Implements of peacetime industry and study, left. Battlefield in background, right; marketplace, left. Recto: Hunting scene, four lines of inscription above.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
1594-1596
Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on paper
1901-39-2663
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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