Roman goddess of agriculture
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Ceres
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Ceres making love to a horse (Neptune); representing the joining of the land and the sea. Engraving by B. Picart, 1708.
Q559929Date: 1708Reference: 2853401i- Pictures
The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche puts in order a store of agricultural equipment, sacred to Ceres, but Ceres refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.
Michiel CoxieDate: [between 1500 and 1599]Reference: 2944964i
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Ceres (Demeter) on a chariot drawn by lions receives offerings from peasants; representing harvest. Etching by G. Zocchi after P. da Cortona.
Pietro da CortonaReference: 39015i
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Ceres punishes Erysichthon of Thessaly with perpetual hunger. Engraving by J. Matheus, 1619.
Matheus, Jean, active approximately 1619.Date: 1619Reference: 11243i
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The patriarch Asher milking a goat, men ploughing and sowing the fields, and the goddess Ceres holding a scythe; a cornucopia lies on the ground. Etching by D. Coornhert after M. van Heemskerck.
Maarten van HeemskerckDate: [1550]Reference: 30141i