
Bartholomeus SprangerFlandern, 1546–1611Darf man es sehen?
Cleveland, Vereinigte Staaten
Es gehört zur Sammlung, ist derzeit aber nicht ausgestellt.
This painting is a copy of a print by Jan Harmensz Muller (Dutch, 1571–1628), originally based on a painting by Spranger. Spranger often used the iconography of Ceres and Bacchus, two important agricultural deities. Muller's print has the Latin inscription Sine Cerere et Bacchio friget Venus, which translates to "without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus grows cold." The motto indicates that Love, represented by Venus, is impossible without the nourishment of food and drink, as the deities of grain and wine walk hand in hand.
Cleveland Museum of Art
1581–1602 · Wirkungsort
Prague
1602 · Wirkungsort
Amsterdam
1602 · Wirkungsort
Haarlem
1602 · Wirkungsort
Antwerp
1602 · Wirkungsort
Cologne
August 1611
Died