The Dispute of Minerva and Neptune - Hallé
Date :
1748
Type of image :
Peinture sur toile
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
156,5x197,5 cm
Storage Location :
INV 5269 (B643)
Description
Minerve and Neptune face off to decide who will give the capital of Attica its name. They must bring forth something useful from the earth. Minerva makes an olive tree blossom, while Neptune makes a horse appear. Ovid, Metamorphoses, VI, 70-82 ; Pausanias, VIII, 10, 4 ; Apollodorus, III, 1977 ; Herodotus, VIII, 55
History :
2. Morceau de réception à l'Académie royale (May 1748).
3. The same subject had been dealt with by Restout ten years earlier.
Textual Sources :
Technical Data
Notice #001035
Past ID :
A0354
Image editing :
Image web
Copyright / Photographer :
Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Stéphane Maréchalle