Engraving of a helmeted warrior with a spear, a draped woman, and a nude man with a club, with a flying cupid above and a rocky landscape behind.

Minerva and Cupid Leading Hercules and Scipio to the Path of Virtue

An engraving shows a helmeted, spear-bearing warrior and a draped woman standing beside a nude man holding a club, while a winged cupid hovers above holding a chain. A rocky landscape with a classical building and Latin verse inscription fills the background and lower margin.

Artist: Jan Harmensz. Muller
Date: c. 1589-1593
Medium: Engraving on laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2460 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1598).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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