Minerva descends from Heaven on her way to Ithaca
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
1795 - 1829
Materials
Terracotta, lime render and mortar, cement
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 853266.1
Summary
Upper frieze panel showing scene from Homer's Odyssey. Minerva descends from Heaven on her way to Ithaca.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund