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Night scene showing Ceres drinking from a flask of an old woman while her young son mocks. Etching by W. Hollar, 1646, after A. Elsheimer.
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Night scene showing Ceres drinking from a flask of an old woman while her young son mocks. Etching by W. Hollar, 1646, after A. Elsheimer.

Adam Elsheimer · 1646

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Dum frugum genitrix, tadas accendit in Ætna. Ælsheimer pinxit. ; W. Hollar fecit. aqua forte. ... ...

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