A Statue of Ceres is an oil on oak panel by Peter Paul Rubens, created c. 1615. It shows putti offering garlands to a statue of the Roman fertility goddess Ceres. It is held in the Hermitage Museum, in St Petersburg.[1]

A Statue of Ceres (c. 1615) by Peter Paul Rubens

It was sold in The Hague for 1210 guilders in 1760 and eight years later was acquired in Brussels for the Hermitage from Carl de Coben's collection.[2]

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  1. ^ "Catalogue entry".
  2. ^ (in Polish) M. Warszawska Peter Paul Rubens wyd. Firma Księgarska Jacek i Krzysztof Olesiuk, Warszawa 2006 ISBN 83-7423-385-0