Hans Jacob Bayr, Athena, antique bronze bas-relief, early decades of the 17th century.
Description:
Hans Jakob Bayr
(Augsburg 1574 - 1628)
Athena guides the personification of Painting into the circle of Arts and Sciences.
Gilt bronze roundel in bas-relief.
Diameter 26.2 cm.
Bibliography: I. Weber, Niderlandische unt Franzosische Renaissanceplaketten 1500-1650, Munich, 1975, nn. 786, 786a
