The Mocking of Ceres
1610
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1610
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This engraving shows Ceres sitting still while people around her point and laugh. Her face looks tired, not angry. She holds a bundle of wheat like it’s the only quiet thing left. The lines are super fine. They bunch up to shade her dress and fan out to show the sky. The artist used a trick called cross-hatching—tiny crisscross lines—to make shadows look deep. See more like this at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
