Minerva with her Sacred Bird, the Owl, Gaetano Gandolfi

Title: Minerva with her Sacred Bird, the Owl
Dated: c. 1767
Artist: Gaetano Gandolfi
Nationality: Italian (Bologna)
Artist Life: Italian (Bologna), 1734–1802
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 8 5/8 x 8 in. (21.91 x 20.32 cm) (oval)19 3/4 × 15 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (50.17 × 40.01 × 2.86 cm) (outer frame)
Credit: The David M. Daniels Fund
Accession Number: 66.67
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
Country: Italy
Century: 18th century
Provenance: [Germain Seligman, Lugt 3863 (1893-1978), Paris and New York]; [Jacques Seligman, New York (until 1966, sold, December 16, for $600, to Mia]
Rights: Public Domain
Classification: Drawings
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Minerva with her Sacred Bird, the Owl, c. 1767