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Venus, Bacchus and Ceres (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes)
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Venus, Bacchus and Ceres (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes)

Jan Saenredam · 1600 · engraving; paper

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

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Venus embraces Bacchus and Ceres, who are seated on a couch with her. Bacchus, with grapevines on his head, holds a drinking bowl. Ceres wears ears of corn in her hair, next to her a cornucopia. In the foreground, Amor sits with a bunch of grapes. The curtains of the canopy are opened by two putti; to the right of this, two putti carry fruit. Illustration of the saying 'Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus' (without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes), or, without food and wine, love freezes.

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Credit lineVenus, Bacchus en Ceres (Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus). 1600. Jan Saenredam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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