The Mocking of Ceres / Wenceslaus Hollar / after Hendrik Goudt

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Accession Number: 1973/1.796
Title: The Mocking of Ceres
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist Nationality: Bohemian
Artist Life Dates: 1607-1677
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Object Creation Date: 1647
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Inscription: Signed l.l. margin: W Hollar fecit aqua forti 1646; l.r. margin: AElsheimer pinxit Lower portion of composition: eight line poem
Dimensions: ()
Century: 17th-18th century
Primary Keywords: buildings; ceres; night; nudes; trees; vessels; wheel
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; architecture; figures; iconography; objects; people and occupations; plants; the natural world; time; tools
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 875 x 1109
File Size: 106 KB
Record: 1973/1.796
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-1.796/1973_1.796.jpg

In public portfolios: Aleksic, f16 - Myth of Women (59); Greco-Roman mythology (116); Greek cultural influence (140); Myth and Women (53); Royal Shakespeare Company Visit (32)

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1973-SL-1.796:1973_1.796.JPG

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Full citation: "The Mocking of Ceres; Wenceslaus Hollar; after Hendrik Goudt." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-1.796/1973_1.796.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.