# Athena Introducing the Personification of Painting into the Circle of the Liberal Arts

- By: German 17th Century
- By: Hans Jakob Bayr (German, 1574 - 1628)
- Date: c. 1600
- Medium: cast bronze
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: overall (diameter): 15.1 cm (5 15/16 in.)
- Culture: Augsburg
- Credit line: Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.76318.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ccda50bb-0641-4a67-b97c-a4f7ebc60269/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)