Caption:
Minerva Giustiniani or Athena Giustiniani, in Corinthinian helmet, chiton and himation, with aegis and gornoneion on her breast, holding a spear. Roman marble statue of Pallas Athena, based on an ancient Greek bronze sculpture. In the Galleria Giustiniana, now in the Vatican. Copperplate engraving by Melchior Kusell after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his LAcademia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura & Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675.