[Minerva and Prometheus]

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[Minerva and Prometheus]

Creator

John G. Unnevehr

American Photographer · 1822–1893

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Date
1872
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
d4af1dbf-0cc5-46b8-8d42-db34973a53dd

Relief sculpture by Bertel Thorvaldsen of Minerva imbuing the first human with the gift of wisdom while Prometheus watches. Minerva is depicted wearing a helmet and robes. She is placing a butterfly on the head of the human, a nude male figure. Prometheus, a nude male is sitting with a cloth draped over one shoulder.

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