Allegorical and Mythological Scenes

Prints and etchings illustrating themes from mythology and allegory, featuring detailed compositions and symbolic figures.

Oval relief with, among others, Ceres and Bacchus, surrounded by a putto with torches, a wine barrel, bottles of wine and flowers, Célestin François Nanteuil, 1851 - 1865 print  Paris paper.  (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. Ceres, patroness of agriculture. agricultural implements: scythe. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. torch. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket
Oval relief with, among others, Ceres and Bacchus, surrounded by a putto with torches, a wine barrel, bottles of wine and flowers, Célestin François Nanteuil, 1851 - 1865 print Paris paper. (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber. Ceres, patroness of agriculture. agricultural implements: scythe. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. torch. wooden container: barrel, cask, bucket