Minerva va al monte Helicon a visitar a las Musas · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Minerva va al monte Helicon a visitar a las Musas
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Mount Helicon; Boeotia; Ancient Greece
Description: This image depicts the goddess Minerva visiting the Muses on Mount Helicon. Minerva is depicted on the left side of the image holding her spear and shield and wearing her helmet. She goes to Mount Helicon to see a fountain that she had heard about. The fountain is called Hippocrene and is said to have been formed by the hooves of Pegasus. One of the muses is standing beside Minerva and gesturing with her hand to show Minerva the fountain. The other Muses are depicted in the background of the image above the fountain.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:24969
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1809)
Image: mta_24969_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Minerva; Muses; Hippocrene; Mythology; Gods; Goddesses