Minerva – one of the main deities of the ancient world,. corresponding to the Greek Athena Pallada – Goddess-warrior, goddess of wisdom, patroness of sciences and crafts.
Especially revered her Etruscans, as the lightning goddess of mountains and useful discoveries and inventions. And in Rome in ancient times Minerva was considered a goddess of lightning and warlike, as indicated by gladiatorial games during the main holiday in honor of her
Related Paintings 
Minerva, the winner of Ignorance by Bartholomeus Spranger 
Dressing Minerva by Lavinia Fontana 
Minerva y el genio del arte – Mikhail Kozlovsky 
Minerva et le génie de l’art – Mikhail Kozlovsky 
Catherine II in the image of Themis by Mikhail Kozlovsky 
Kozlovsky M. I. by The Vigil of Alexander the Great – Mikhail Kozlovsky 
Hermes and Athena by Bartholomeus Spranger 
Athena Pallada and Centaur by Sandro Botticelli
Minerva, the winner of Ignorance by Bartholomeus Spranger Dressing Minerva by Lavinia Fontana Minerva y el genio del arte – Mikhail Kozlovsky Minerva et le génie de l’art – Mikhail Kozlovsky Catherine II in the image of Themis by Mikhail Kozlovsky Kozlovsky M. I. by The Vigil of Alexander the Great – Mikhail Kozlovsky Hermes and Athena by Bartholomeus Spranger Athena Pallada and Centaur by Sandro Botticelli