Bacchus and Ceres

Title

Bacchus and Ceres

Draughtsman

• Jacob de Wit

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• washing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• ceiling painting design

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Schwarz): JdWit / invt[?]

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): N: 66 / 5.5
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Bacchus
• Ceres

Primary

• 92M1 (story of) Ceres (Demeter)
• 92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber
• 92L18(THYRSUS) thyrsus ~ attribute of Bacchus
• 92D1916 cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• 92L1912 male bacchant(es)
• 92L1911 maenad(s), female bacchant(es)
• 31A27631 sitting or standing on clouds