Paintings - Minerva and Mercury conduct to the Temple of Virtue

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Minerva and Mercury conduct the Duke of Buckingham to the Temple of Virtue The Duke of Buckingham is borne upwards by Minerva and Mercury
to a marble Temple before which are Virtue and Abundance.
The Three Graces offer a crown of flowers.
Envy seeks to pull him down.
A lion challenges him.
Painted by Rubens (Before 1625)
London, The National Gallery

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