Ceres
- Object:
- Place of origin:
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Anguier, Michel, born 1612 - died 1686 (after, artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Sculpture, room 111, case 10
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Michel Anguier (1612-1686) was a French sculptor who studied in Rome under the great Baroque artist Alessandro Algardi. He was passionately interested in classical art and while in Rome
produced ten small bronzes of the Greek deities for the royal jeweller, Tessier de
Montarsis. This is almost certainly a cast from one of these figures.
In Greek mythology Ceres was the goddess of agriculture, especially associated with corn. She was often worshipped as the earth-mother, the prime source for fertility.
Physical description
Statuette of a semi-clothed Ceres; left hand holds drapery and right hand, which is outstretched, is holding a torch.
Place of Origin
France (made)
Date
17th century (made)
Artist/maker
Anguier, Michel, born 1612 - died 1686 (after, artist)
Materials and Techniques
Bronze
Dimensions
Weight: 17.5 kg, Height: 53.2 cm, Width: 31.5 cm, Depth: 31.5 cm Depth including extended arm, Width: 16.5 cm Base, Depth: 19.5 cm Base
Object history note
This object was purchased in 1865 for £280, from a sale at the Pourtalès Collection in Paris, where many Italian art objects were being sold as a result of their flooding the market after the Napolenic wars.
Descriptive line
Statuette, bronze, 'Ceres', after Michel Anguier, French, middle of 17th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1865. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol. 1. London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 57
[Catalogue entry] Masters from the Louvre. Queensland Art Gallery, 1988, p. 22
[Catalogue entry] Europäische Barockplastik am Niederrhein, Düsseldorf: Kunstmuseum, 1971
Exhibition History
Grupello und Seine Zet (Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf 04/04/1971-20/06/1971)
Les Art Decoratifs Sous Louis XIII Et Anne D'autriche (Grand Palais 09/04/2002-08/07/2002)
Materials
Bronze
Techniques
Casting
Subjects depicted
Ceres
Categories
Sculpture; Myths & Legends
Collection code
SCP
