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Ceres

Nicolaas Braeu · 1598 · engraving; paper

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

About this work

A statue of the goddess of agriculture Ceres, placed in a niche. Ceres holds a sickle to harvest the crops in her hand. Next to her stands a cornucopia filled with fruits. Two snakes on either side of the goddess stand for the fertility of the agricultural soil. With a Latin inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print flowers: poppy

Credit lineCeres. 1598. Nicolaas Braeu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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