Ceres Seeking Her Daughter or Ceres and Stillio
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
- Title: Ceres Seeking Her Daughter or Ceres and Stillio
- Artist: 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)
- Subject: Associated with Ovid (Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia)
- Date: 1646
- Medium: Etching, only state
- Dimensions: sheet: 11 5/16 x 9 1/8 in. (28.7 x 23.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of James N. Rosenberg, 1964
- Object Number: 64.561.3
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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