Four Sculpted Roman Gods: Ceres, Bacchus, Venus, and Mars

Four ancient gods are depicted standing on pedestals, namely Ceres, Bacchus, Venus and Mars. Presumably these are representations of four of the twelve sculptures with mythological subjects that the sculptor Siméon Drouin executed for the ducal palace in Nancy on commission of the Duke of Lorraine, Henry II. The statues have not been preserved and, as far as is known, are not further visually documented. The etching shows influence in figure style and execution from Jacques Bellange, printmaker at the court in Nancy. The print, unrecorded in literature, was however published in Paris by Jean I LeBlond.