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Bacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus
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Bacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus

Jan Harmensz. Muller · 1595 - 1599 · engraving; paper

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

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Bacchus and Ceres leave Venus. Venus and Cupid sit by a fire because they are cold. Illustration of the saying 'Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus' (without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus is cold), meaning that without food and wine, love freezes.

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Credit lineBacchus and Ceres Leaving Venus. 1595 - 1599. Jan Harmensz. Muller. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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