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| Anonymous French or Italian Maker Ceres ca. 1850 sardonyx cameo Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Anonymous Italian Printmaker Ceres ca. 1530-70 engraving British Museum |
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| Anonymous French Sculptor Ceres ca. 1745-49 bronze bust Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| James Anderson Statue of Ceres, Vatican 1859 albumen silver print Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Roman Empire Denarius depicting the Goddess Ceres 81 BC silver-coin Art Institute of Chicago |
Agrippina the Younger, Age Thirteen
Rome
Domitius gives her iron – a ring
Agrippina fingers it under her robes
while her hair is woven with flowers
gold placed on her neck and wrists
She thinks of the man older
than her father ever was
At the ceremony a pregnant sow is brought forward
dark and wreathed in leaves wine and crumbs
from holy cake are dusted on its brow
For the goddess Ceres for Terra Mater
for this marriage A man raises his ax
blunt-side down strikes the sow
slices the stunned animal's throat opens
her belly The priest pushes fetal piglets aside
handles the entrails close to his eyes
looking for flaws Once signaled another man
places the insides on an altar for burning
Domitius watches Agrippina while the men
butcher the pig char the guts She does not look away
The priest steps into the blood face covered prays
in whispers a flute drowning out any ominous sounds
– Diana Arterian (2018)
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| Giovanni da Cavino Ceres with Book and Cornucopia before 1570 bronze medal (reverse of portrait) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Ceres ca. 1575-1607 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jean-Antoine Watteau Ceres (Summer) ca. 1717-18 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Nicolas Braeu after Karel van Mander Ceres 1598 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Niccolò Roccatagliata Ceres before 1636 bronze statuette Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory Ceres ca. 1748-50 porcelain figurine Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Augustin Pajou Ceres ca. 1768-70 terracotta statuette Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders Statue of Ceres garlanded by Putti ca. 1615 oil on panel Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Paolo Farinati Ceres ca. 1590 fresco Sala Divinità, Villa Nichesola Conforti, Ponton di Sant' Ambrogio di Valpolicella |