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Ceres at the Cottage
by Imitator of Godfried SchalckenDate: Second half of the 17th Century
Item details
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Dimensions
41.9 x 37.2 cm
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Acquisition
Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
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Accession number
DPG191
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Artist
Imitator of Godfried Schalcken
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Date
Second half of the 17th Century
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Materials
Oil on panel
Soarching for her daughter Proserpine, Ceres is offered a drink at a humble cottage and is mocked by a boy whom she will transform into a lizard (Ovid, Metamorphoses, V). The composition derives loosely from Adam Elsheimer's lost 'Mocking of Ceres' engraved by Hendrik Goudt.
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