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Minerva Changing Arachne into a Spider

published 1676

Jean Lepautre

Artist, French, 1618 - 1682

Jean Lepautre

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper
Credit Line

Anonymous Gift
Dimensions

plate: 7.6 x 8.9 cm (3 x 3 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

1988.49.2

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q74878194

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