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The Mocking of Ceres

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Hendrick Goudt Dutch
After Adam Elsheimer German
1646
Not on view
Mocking of Ceres, a nocturnal scene; Ceres drinks avidly from a jug of water given to her by an old woman holding a candle at a doorway; besides the elderly woman is Stellio, a naked youth, who points at Ceres; a burning torch rests on some wooden wheels; in the background a woman milks a cow.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Mocking of Ceres
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Hendrick Goudt (Dutch, The Hague 1583–1648 Utrecht)
  • Artist: After Adam Elsheimer (German, Frankfurt 1578–1610 Rome)
  • Date: 1646
  • Medium: Etching, only state
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 13/16 in. × 9 in. (30 × 22.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.15-335
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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