# Margarita Trip as Minerva, Instructing her Sister Anna Maria Trip

- By: Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
- Date: 1663
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 208 cm x width 179 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-46--0b7dcbf18d1a4c6f2a1091e1c5701bab)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qXjWA/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)

In 1662 the fabulously wealthy Trip family moved into the stateliest private residence in all of Amsterdam. Hanging above a mantelpiece in one of the private rooms was this portrait of two of the Trip daughters: Margarita, wearing a helmet and a breastplate, represents Minerva (goddess of art and science), and the eager student kneeling by her side is her eleven-yearold sister Anna Maria. In reality, Anna Maria received instruction from a private tutor.