| Minerva protects Pax from Mars | |
| Other Title 1: | Peace and War |
| Artist: | Peter Paul Rubens |
| Year: | 1629–30 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 203.5 |
| Width Metric: | 298 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Museum: | National Gallery |
| City: | London |
Minerva protecting Peace from Mars or Peace and War is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens. He produced it in London between 1629 and 1630, during a diplomatic mission from the Spanish Netherlands to Charles I of England. It is now in the National Gallery, London.[1]
It shows Minerva (goddess of war, wisdom and crafts) fighting off Mars, with the nude figure of the goddess Pax (commonly known as "Peace" in English) in the centre.