Print Description
Original antique print, titled: ‘Livie en Ceres’. It shows: a reproduction of a statue of Ceres/Demeter, the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain crops and fertility. She holds a cornucopia in one hand, and a bunch of corn in the other. She wears a corona spicea (a garland of corn) on her head. The original statue is in the Louvre.
Made by Jean Jacques II Avril after Vautier.
Medium: engraving / etching with hand colouring on wove paper.
Sheet size: 39.5 x 54 cm (15.55 x 21.26 inch). Image size: 33.5 x 48.5 cm. (13.19 x 19.09 inch).
Condition: excellent, given age. Faint spots in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MYTHOLOGY-CERES-CORNUCOPIA-DEMETER | DP-B1-48
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Master print published in France in c. 1810. Our definition of master print is: a seperately published print or series of prints, not being an illustrative print to a text. These can both be prints made by old masters (artists) or prints made by others (artists, engravers, etchers) after old masters. Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Avril after Vautier.
Biography engraver: Jean Jacques II Avril (1771-1835) was a French engraver.
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