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Engraving of an armored woman with a spear seated among weapons and armor, with battle scenes and a town in the background and the word ARMA above.

Minerva, or "Arma" (Allegory of the Art of War), engraving after Jan Sadeler

An engraving showing a helmeted, armored female figure seated on a heap of weapons, armor, drums, books and helmets, holding a spear. Behind her, armies clash on a plain while a walled town with towers and a smoking hill rises on the right, and the word ARMA is inscribed across the top.

Artist
Jan Sadeler
Date
1597
Medium
engraving on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 3194 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1597).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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