Bacchus and Ceres, by Sebastiano Ricci

An image of Bacchus and Ceres. Ricci, Sebastiano (Italian, 1659-1734). Oil on canvas, height 86.4 cm, width 109.5 cm, not after 1710. Venetian School. Notes: May be the right-hand picture of a pair.

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Bacchus and Ceres. Ricci, Sebastiano (Italian, 1659-1734). Oil on canvas, height 86.4 cm, width 109.5 cm, not after 1710. Venetian School. Notes: May be the right-hand picture of a pair.

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Accession Number: 180
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 807 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 116.86kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2014:04:09 14:08:32

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17th Century 18th Century Bacchanalian Bacchic Bacchus Ceres deities deity Dionysos Dionysus female female nude fertile fertility Fitz_PDP goddess goddess of fertility gods Italian mythological mythology nude oil on canvas painting Ricci Sebastiano Ricci Venetian School

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