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Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts CERES RECEIVES THE BELT OF PROSERPINA THROUGH CYANE Oil on wood. Parquetry. 95 x 125 cm. In wide ebonized frame with gold trim. In the center of the hilly landscape Ceres sitting at a spring, which is first specified by a nymph rising from it and surrounded by vegetation typical of springs. The figures are presented to fill the space. In the right background is a bright, hilly landscape with a tricycle on which Pluto can be seen with his trident, having abducted Proserpina, daughter of Ceres. After Ceres had already searched everywhere for Proserpina, she is now sitting at the source of the Cyane and it is revealed to her through the belt that Proserpina must have lost her virginity. Note 1: A comparable, but less narratively embellished, depiction by the artist Cornelis van Haarlem (1562-1638) is registered in the RKD in The Hague under no. 297823. Note 2: At the Roman wedding, the belt was tied with a special knot, the Nodus Herculaneus, which the groom had to untie on the wedding night before the first union of the bride and groom could take place. (1402292) (13) Master of the 17th century CERES RECEIVES THE BELT OF PROSERPINA THROUGH CYANE Oil on panel. Parquetted. 95 x 125 cm.
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Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts CERES RECEIVES THE BELT OF PROSERPINA THROUGH CYANE Oil on wood. Parquetry. 95 x 125 cm. In wide ebonized frame with gold trim. In the center of the hilly landscape Ceres sitting at a spring, which is first specified by a nymph rising from it and surrounded by vegetation typical of springs. The figures are presented to fill the space. In the right background is a bright, hilly landscape with a tricycle on which Pluto can be seen with his trident, having abducted Proserpina, daughter of Ceres. After Ceres had already searched everywhere for Proserpina, she is now sitting at the source of the Cyane and it is revealed to her through the belt that Proserpina must have lost her virginity. Note 1: A comparable, but less narratively embellished, depiction by the artist Cornelis van Haarlem (1562-1638) is registered in the RKD in The Hague under no. 297823. Note 2: At the Roman wedding, the belt was tied with a special knot, the Nodus Herculaneus, which the groom had to untie on the wedding night before the first union of the bride and groom could take place. (1402292) (13) Master of the 17th century CERES RECEIVES THE BELT OF PROSERPINA THROUGH CYANE Oil on panel. Parquetted. 95 x 125 cm.
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