Perseus and Minerva before a Temple

Also known as: Design for a Book Illustration: Perseus and Minerva

Inscriptions

in gray ink, lower right: 4300 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower right, in brown ink: Van Orlaÿ ; center, in graphite: C. [de?] R.

unidentified collector's mark (VERSO, lower right, stamped in black ink: [lion in a shield?])

Artist: Jan Goeree (Dutch, 1670–1731)
Date: early 1700s?
Medium: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over traces of red chalk, heightened with white gouache; framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 21.4 x 15.8 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 25.5 x 19.7 cm (10 1/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Accession no.: 1998.152

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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00003948
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Jan Goeree
before 1704 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018930
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Jan Goeree
before 1704 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018931
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Jan Goeree
before 1704 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018932

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.