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‚Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus’ (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus will feel cold)
around 1590/95 | Bartholomäus Spranger
Youthful Bacchus dominates the composition. Arm in arm with Ceres, he is shown walking away from Venus trying to keep warm by a fire with Cupid wrapped only in a thin veil. The scene illustrates a line from Eunuchus, a comedy by Terence: Without Ceres and Bacchus Venus will feel cold – ie, love cannot blossom without food and wine.

Youthful Bacchus dominates the composition. Arm in arm with Ceres, he is shown walking away from Venus trying to keep warm by a fire with Cupid wrapped only in a thin veil. The scene illustrates a line from Eunuchus, a comedy by Terence: Without Ceres and Bacchus Venus will feel cold – ie, love cannot blossom without food and wine.
Artist:
Bartholomäus Spranger (1546 Antwerpen - 1611 Prag) DNBarrow_outward
Time:
around 1590/95
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
161,5 cm × 100 cm
Framed: 174,8 cm × 110 cm × 6,5 cm
Signed
Designated at bottom right later: B.SPRANGER
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 2435
Provenance
From the treasury of Rudolf II;
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