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  • Ceres (Demeter) on a chariot drawn by lions receives offerings from peasants; representing harvest. Etching by G. Zocchi after P. da Cortona.
  • Ceres [Demeter]. Engraving after P.P. Prud'hon.
  • Ceres (Demeter) on a chariot drawn by lions receives offerings from peasants; representing harvest. Etching by G. Zocchi after P. da Cortona.
  • The origin of the fig: Ceres gives the first fig to Phytalus in thanks for his hospitality. Etching by S. Rosa.
  • Bacchus, Ceres and Pomona with a cornucopia of fruit and corn. Etching by C. Schut I.
  • Carolus Linnaeus receives honour from Aesculapius, Flora, Ceres and Cupid. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Caldwall, 1806, after J. Russell and J. Opie.
  • Carolus Linnaeus receives honour from Aesculapius, Flora, Ceres and Cupid. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Caldwall, 1806, after J. Russell and J. Opie.
  • Ceres punishes Erysichthon of Thessaly with perpetual hunger. Engraving by J. Matheus, 1619.
  • The patriarch Asher milking a goat, men ploughing and sowing the fields, and the goddess Ceres holding a scythe; a cornucopia lies on the ground. Etching by D. Coornhert after M. van Heemskerck.
  • John Gerard: portrait and botanical motifs. Line engraving by J. Payne, 1633.
  • Aesculapius (representing medicine) routing death, Ceres (?) supplying milk to the starving. Drawing attributed to J.-C. Bordier du Bignon, 1822.
  • Ceres on a chariot with children representing the months March, April and May, surrounded by forms of natural abundance, corybantes and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Etching by A. Tempesta, 1592.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs: symbolising the element earth. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • A female figure with bowls of fruit and a monkey; Eve picks the apple from the tree of knowledge; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by N. de Bruyn after M. de Vos.