Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ceres is an 18th-century statuette by Augustin Pajou depicting Ceres, a Roman goddess. The work, made from terracotta, was intended as a model for a larger marble sculpture, Four Seasons . Ceres is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
In ancient Roman religion, Ceres (/ ˈ s ɪər iː z / SEER-eez, [1] [2] Latin:) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. [3] She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".
A Statue of Ceres is an oil on oak panel by Peter Paul Rubens, created c. 1615. It shows putti offering garlands to a statue of the Roman fertility goddess Ceres . It is held in the Hermitage Museum , in St Petersburg .
The central structure is capped by a 6,500 pound, 31 ft (9.4 m) tall aluminum statue by sculptor John H. Storrs of the Roman goddess of grain, Ceres, holding a sheaf of wheat in the left hand and a bag of corn in the right hand, as a nod to the exchange's heritage as a commodities market. This statue was assembled from 40 pieces. [27] [28]
The excavations also revealed the presence of a statue of Ceres or Caelestis, which was crowned with a polos. [B 4] Leontocephalous goddess, 150 × 46 × 36.50 cm. [A 2] The leontocéphale statues, identified as representations of Africa, Genius Terrae Africae, [K 1] are of particular significance. One room yielded at least four identical ...
The dome is topped by a statue named Agriculture, a representation of Ceres, an ancient Roman goddess of agriculture. The original statue was carved by Vermont artist Larkin Goldsmith Mead, who also carved the large bust of Lincoln in the Hall of Inscriptions on the State House's ground floor. This statue was installed in 1858.
A Statue of Ceres This page was last edited on 16 December 2023, at 21:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Ceres Priestess: Joseph Baptist Hagenauer Ceres was a Roman divinity who represented the generative power of nature. [7] Associated with the earth goddess Tellus, Ceres was worshipped in Rome from ancient times. Her cult on Aventine Hill in Rome was her most famous. Her temple there was completed in 493 BC and soon became a center of plebeian ...