
The Birth of Minerva
René-Antoine Houasse
designed ca. 1690, woven before 1730
Wool, silk, metal thread (19-22 warps per inch, 7-9 per cm.) · 11 ft. 8 in. × 14 ft. 11 in. (355.6 × 454.7 cm) (as measured by Textile Conservation in 1984)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan →
On view now


The Birth of Minerva
René-Antoine Houasse

Figure of the Royal Magnificence, Immortality and Progress in the Fine Arts
René-Antoine Houasse

Story of Minerva - The Muses Showing Minerva Hippocrene Waters of the River that Brings Out Pegasus
René-Antoine Houasse

Story of Minerva - Minerva Watering her Horses into the Sea
René-Antoine Houasse

Portrait équestre de Louis XIV
René-Antoine Houasse

Solfjäder. Putti med troféer
René-Antoine Houasse

Morpheus awakening as Iris draws near
René-Antoine Houasse

Minerva teaches the art of sculpture to the people of Rhodes
René-Antoine Houasse