A woman mixing characteristics and attributes of Minerva and Apollo: her face is represented as the sun, she is holding a lyre with one hand, and a lance with inscribed banderole in the other; an owl and a book on the ground, olive-tree in the background

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A woman mixing characteristics and attributes of Minerva and Apollo: her face is represented as the sun, she is holding a lyre with one hand, and a lance with inscribed banderole in the other; an owl and a book on the ground, olive-tree in the background

QVOS ASPICIT FOVET (LA)

Iconclass notations

22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
24A6 sun represented as face, wheel, etc.
25F34(+1) owls (+ animals used symbolically)
25G3(OLIVE-TREE) trees: olive-tree
31AA2352 sitting on an elevation - AA - female human figure
45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance
48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery
49B40(+0) personification of university; 'Academia' (Ripa) (+ symbol, coat of arms, seal, etc. ~ school, education)
49L73 banderole
49L8 inscription
49M32 book
61E(UTRECHT) names of cities and villages (UTRECHT)
92B371(+0) Apollo as sun-god, i.e. Sol (Helius), Titan (+ variant)
92B38(LYRE) attributes of Apollo: lyre
92C271(+0) Minerva as patroness (+ variant)
92C28(LANCE) attributes of Minerva (LANCE)
92C28(OWL) attributes of Minerva: owl
86(QUOS ASPICIT FOVET) proverbs, sayings, etc. (QUOS ASPICIT FOVET)