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Ceres is an 18th-century statuette by Augustin Pajou depicting Ceres, a Roman goddess. The work, made from terracotta, was intended as a model for a larger marble sculpture, Four Seasons . Ceres is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
Liberalia Mons is a mountain on the surface of the dwarf-planet Ceres. [2] Liberalia Mons is located in the north-western hemisphere of Ceres. It is to the north-west of Ahuna Mons, the east of Samhain Catenae, and west of Rongo. [3] Liberalia Mons is the largest mountain on Ceres in terms of base area. It has a diameter of roughly 90 ...
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In ancient Roman religion, Ceres (/ ˈ s ɪər iː z / SEER-eez, [1] [2] Latin:) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. [3] She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".
A Statue of Ceres (c. 1615) by Peter Paul Rubens. A Statue of Ceres is an oil on oak panel by Peter Paul Rubens, created c. 1615. It shows putti offering garlands to a statue of the Roman fertility goddess Ceres. It is held in the Hermitage Museum, in St Petersburg. [1]
The statue, of Parian marble, is 2.25 m high. [1] It depicts Athena standing, wearing a thin chiton covered by a heavier himation draped over her left shoulder. On her breast is an aegis with a gorgoneion. Her left arm reaches across the front of her body to hold the edge of the himation; the right arm is bent upward at the elbow to clasp a spear.
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JPEG file comment: AACHEN, Hans von (b. 1552, Köln, d. 1615, Praha) Bacchus, Ceres and Cupid - Oil on canvas, 163 x 113 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna