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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.
- Date
- 1592
- Reference
- 524656i
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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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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.
References 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)
Lettering note
Translation of lettering: Bountiful Ceres encircles her forehead with white wheat, and favours the stoooping farmer with a successful harvest
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 524656i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
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Location Status Access Closed stores