2-696-750 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Pallas Athene', c1657, (c1950). Painting in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon. The Ancient Greek goddess of Wisdom with an owl on her helmet, holding a shield embellished with the head of the Medusa. Titus (born 1641), Rembrandt's son, may have posed for this work. From The Outline of Art, edited by Sir William Orpen. [George Newnes Limited, London, c1950]