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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.
- Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630.
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- 1592
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Credit: 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.
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Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Publication/Creation
1592
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 14.9 x 21.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Alma Ceres cana frontem precingit arista Incuruumq(ue) beate [i.e. beat] felici messe colonum: Antonio Tempesti inve(n)it et fecit 1592.
Publications note
Adam Bartsch, Le peintre-graveur, vol. XVII, Vienna 1818, pp. 152-153, one of four prints numbered as 804-807 (representing the four seasons)
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 524656i
Lettering note
Translation of lettering: Bountiful Ceres encircles her forehead with white wheat, and favours the stoooping farmer with a successful harvest
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Languages
- Latin
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