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| Keywords: Minerva and the Nine Muses by Johann König.jpg Artwork The painting depicts the visit of Minerva to the Muses at Mount Helicon mentioned by Ovid in his Fifth Book of the Metamorphoses Met V 250-268 creator Johann König probably 1619-1622 1624 private collection Oil on copper cm 19 3 28 2 05023184 object history Anonymous sale London Christie's 9 February 1973 lot 106 for 4 800 Guineas to Scheidwimmer <br/>With Scheidwimmer Munich <br/>With Julius Böhler Munich <br/>Private collection Germany credit line exhibition history 1985 - 2006 on loan at Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne inv no Dep 481 Jo Kö nig / f 16 ~ lower left signature and date 1 source <br/>2 http //www sothebys com/de/auctions/ecatalogue/2006/old-master-paintings-l06033/lot 3 html Sotheby's London 06 Dezember 2006 lot 3 PD-old-100 Johann König Paintings of Minerva 1624 paintings Paintings of the Muses 1610s paintings from Germany People at fountains in art 1610s mythological paintings 17th-century paintings location missing 17th-century oil paintings Mythological figures in nature Paintings of people in nature Images from Sotheby's Oil on copper 17th-century paintings of musicians | ||||
