A Statue of Ceres
A Statue of Ceres is a c.1615 oil on oak panel by Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.[1] It shows putti offering garlands to a statue of the Roman fertility goddess Ceres.
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It was sold in the Hague for 1210 guilders in 1760 and eight years later was acquired in Brussels for the Hermitage from Carl de Coben's collection.[2]
References
- "Catalogue entry".
- (in Polish) M. Warszawska Peter Paul Rubens wyd. Firma Księgarska Jacek i Krzysztof Olesiuk, Warszawa 2006 ISBN 83-7423-385-0
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