# Minerva as Patroness of the Arts

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PLATZER, Johann Nepomuk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/platzer-johann-nepomuk-raadc118cc79e6d>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Lead, 55 x 80 cm

## Commentary

This lead relief reflects the style that prevailed in the Vienna academy in the 1770s. The sculptor, Johann Nepomuk Platzer \(or Plazer\) was part of a Bohemian family of sculptors.

## Attribution

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