An Offering to Ceres

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An Offering to Ceres

1640s?

Andrea de Leone (Italian, 1610–1685) Formerly attributed to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called il Grechetto) , and (Italian, 1609–1664) Formerly attributed to Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)

The subject of this composition has been identified as a sacrifice to the ancient Italian goddess of agriculture, Ceres, because of the conspicuous presence of sheaves of grain. The poses and arrangement of the figures draw closely on paintings and drawings by Nicolas Poussin and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione.

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Object Details

Titles:

An Offering to Ceres

Date:

1640s?

Artists:

Andrea de Leone (Italian, 1610–1685) Formerly attributed to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (called il Grechetto) , and (Italian, 1609–1664) Formerly attributed to Pietro Testa (Italian, 1612–1650)

Medium:

Red chalk and red chalk wash on cream laid paper mounted on paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 14 3/8 x 18 13/16 inches (36.5 x 47.8 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Matthew Carey Lea bequest of 1898 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund (by exchange), 1984

Accession Number:

1984-56-40

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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