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Stained Glass Panel of Minerva

Title

Stained Glass Panel of Minerva

Creator

Clarke, Harry Patrick, 1889-1931

Date

1926

Identifier

RDS_treasures_572_Clarke_Stained glass panel.jpg

Subject

Minerva
Stained glass windows
Royal Dublin Society

Description

A stained glass window depicting Minerva, the emblem of the Royal Dublin Society since the mid-1740s. The subject modelled seated, facing to the front with her head in right profile, wearing a helmet and purple, pink, orange and bronze-coloured robes, her right foot resting on a fasces, holding a spear in her right hand, a cornucopia filled with fruit in her left hand, to her right an oval shield containing an Irish harp, a purple background surrounded by a gold-coloured cartouche above a purple scrolling ribbon inscribed with the motto Nostri Plena Laboris. The head of Medusa which is typically emblazoned on Minerva's shield has ben replaced with the winged Hibernia, a female personification of Ireland.

Source

RDS Treasures Collection

Rights

Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Relation

RDS Library & Archives

Format

Glass

Coverage

Ca.1926

Original Format

Stained glass, lead

Collection

RDS Art Collection

Citation

Clarke, Harry Patrick, 1889-1931, “Stained Glass Panel of Minerva,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed May 21, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/3853.

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