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    Minerva, History and Time
    Minerva, Goddess of wisdom, is seated on a recumbent lion at the left,
     she indicates an empty medallion to the winged figure of History, 
    whose book is supported on the back of Time.
    Painted by Solimena (1700)
    London, The National Gallery

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