‚Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus’ (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus will feel cold)
around 1590/95, Artist: Bartholomäus Spranger
‚Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus’ (Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus will feel cold)
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.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Dated
around 1590/95
Artist
Bartholomäus Spranger (1546 Antwerpen - 1611 Prag) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
161,5 cm × 100 cm
Framed: 174,8 cm × 110 cm × 6,5 cm
Signed
Designated at bottom right later: B.SPRANGER
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 2435
Provenance
From the treasury of Rudolf II;
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