A terracotta statuette titled simply "Minerva," by Clodion (Claude Michel), French, 1766. The figure shows the Roman goddess of wisdom and war with a shield. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 1975.312.6, European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department.
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The Met's own title for this statuette is the goddess's own name outright, "Minerva," and the museum's own tags confirm her by name, a plain identification rather than a bare tag.
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