SPEECKAERT, Hans
(b. ca. 1540, Bruxelles, d. 1577, Roma)

"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus"

1565-70
Pen and brown ink, wash on paper, 203 x 277 mm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

This group of figures illustrates a frequently depicted sentence by Terence: Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus - Without Ceres (bread) and Bacchus (wine) Venus freezes.




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