741458 Frontispiece allegorical illustration of the goddess Minerva from \'Les Panegyriques des Hommes Illustres de Notre Siecle\' by Puget de la Serre, 1655 (vellum) by French School, (17th century); Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris, France; (add.info.: \'Panegyrics of Illustrious men of Our Time\', a work commissioned by Mazarin and intended to add lustre to his name. \'Pan矇gyriques des hommes illustres de nostre si癡cle, d矇diez ? monseigneur l\'矇minentissime cardinal Mazarin, par monsieur de La Serre, conseiller du Roy en ses conseils et historiographe de France\'. Cardinal Mazarin (1602-61);Jean Puget de la Serre (1600-65). Minerva is shown with her attributes of helmet and shield holding aloft the title of the book and standing on a pedestal with a motto taken from Odes III, Book 2 of Horace referring to virtue shining with untarnishable honours and Cardinal Mazarin\'s coat of arms.); French, out of copyright.