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“Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (Terence, Eunuch 9.732)

Drawing
Artist/Maker

A three-quarter-length figure of Venus stands at centre, dangling a bunch of grapes she has received from Bacchus who has his left arm around her left shoulder; on the right is Ceres, with corn in her hair. She holds a sickle and cornucopia of vegetables in her left hand, which she extends towards the shoulders of Cupid, half-length and seen from the rear at lower left.


Object details

Object type
Title“Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (Terence, Eunuch 9.732) (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black and white chalks, with two shades of brown wash.
Brief description
Drawing, “Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus” (Terence, Eunuch 9.732), Jan Saenredam (copy after), Dutch School
Physical description
A three-quarter-length figure of Venus stands at centre, dangling a bunch of grapes she has received from Bacchus who has his left arm around her left shoulder; on the right is Ceres, with corn in her hair. She holds a sickle and cornucopia of vegetables in her left hand, which she extends towards the shoulders of Cupid, half-length and seen from the rear at lower left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 230mm
  • Width: 198mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on verso, in brown ink: at upper left, R:J:J: 75; and at lower centre, Spranger
Object history
Miss Emily Dalton (1816/17–1900), Leicester, by whom bequeathed to the museum (NAL dry stamp on recto and Dalton Bequest purple ink stamp on verso; neither in Lugt), 1900.
Bibliographic reference
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 171, illustrated. p. 223
Collection
Accession number
D.1082-1900

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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