Harvard Art Museums > M13413: Mocking of Ceres Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mocking of Ceres (Wenceslaus Hollar)(After Adam Elsheimer) , M13413,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/255881. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M13413 People Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian (Prague 1607 - 1677 London) After Adam Elsheimer, German (1578 - 1610) Title Mocking of Ceres Other Titles Alternate Title: Ceres and Stellio Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1646 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/255881 Physical Descriptions Medium Etching printed in black ink on white antique laid paper Technique Etching Dimensions plate: 29.8 × 22.9 cm (11 3/4 × 9 in.) sheet: 34 × 26.2 cm (13 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: verso, black stamp: E De T. Bechtel [within a rectangular borderline (Lugt 4707)] inscription: in plate, lower margin, left: Ælsheimer pinxit inscription: in plate, lower margin, right: W. Hollar fecit, aqua forti / 1646, inscription: in plate, lower margin, center, two stanzae separated by a vertical line: Dum frugum genitrix, tædas accendit in Ætna / Et toto natam quærit in Orbe suam / Victa siti conspecsit anum, Limphamque rogavit ,/ Orante Limpham Rustica dulce dedit, // Dum bibit acceptum, risit puer improbus illam, / Nec satis hoc, auidam dixerat ille Deam; / Ridentem Liquida fertur sparsisse polenta, / fugisset, sed iam stellio factus erat, collector's mark: verso, brown stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] 13,413 inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: P. 273 / Ceres and Stellio watermark: [illegible but perhaps Foolscap] Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin De Turck Bechtel (Lugt 4707), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957 State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number New Hollstein 846, Pennington 273 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edwin deT. Bechtel Accession Year 1957 Object Number M13413 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under L. 4707 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
