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Venus Embraced by Ceres and Bacchus
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Venus Embraced by Ceres and Bacchus

H.L. Schaerer · 1610 - 1620 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Venus sits between the goddess Ceres (with sickle and cornucopia) and Bacchus (with a bunch of grapes) and is embraced by them. Amor stands beside her. The print has a Latin text in the lower margin. Subject categories within the Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Manners and Customs in the narrower sense. Popular life. Allegorical representations from popular life on series prints. Months and various (allegories).

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Credit lineVenus omarmd door Cerres en Bacchus. 1610 - 1620. H.L. Schaerer. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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