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Minerva Protects Pax from Mars

1629 · Oil on canvas

ArtistPPeter Paul Rubens
MuseumTThe National Gallery
MovementBBaroque
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Genremythological painting
Dimensions203.5 × 298 cm
SourceWikidata Q611583

Why it matters

Minerva fights off Mars, with the nude figure of Pax, the goddess of peace, in the centre. Rubens painted it in London during a diplomatic mission to Charles I.

Did you know?

  • It dates from 1629–1630.
  • It is also called Peace and War.
  • It is in the National Gallery.

Based on the Wikipedia article Minerva Protecting Peace from Mars (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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