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Fountain with Ceres, seated on a recumbent deer
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Fountain with Ceres, seated on a recumbent deer

Wendel Dietterlin (I) · 1560 - 1598 · etching; paper

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

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She holds a cornucopia in one hand and agricultural tools in the other. Various animals are situated around her. One of 20 plates from a series (Architectura. Von Ausztheilung, Symmetria und Proportion der fünff Seulen...) consisting of 193 plates and 5 title pages, divided into five books. This is a second, expanded edition of the series described under Orn Cat I-319.

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Credit lineFontein met Ceres, zittend op een liggend hert. 1560 - 1598. Wendel Dietterlin (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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