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Sheet from a Sketchbook: Minerva Asking Jupiter for the Happiness of Ulysses or Minerva Questions Jupiter on the Destiny of Ithaca
Felice Giani1802–05
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Minerva is shown kneeling before Jupiter who leans toward her and touches her chin. Juno sits beside Jupiter. Other gods are in the background at left.
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- Title: Sheet from a Sketchbook: Minerva Asking Jupiter for the Happiness of Ulysses or Minerva Questions Jupiter on the Destiny of Ithaca
- Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
- Date Created: 1802–05
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, traces of graphite
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
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