Ceres | |
Artist: | Augustin Pajou |
Year: | 1768–70 |
Material: | Terracotta with reddish patination |
Height Metric: | 62.5 |
Width Metric: | 19.1 |
Length Metric: | 19.1 |
City: | New York City |
Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Ceres is an 18th-century statuette by Augustin Pajou depicting Ceres, a Roman goddess. The work, made from terracotta, was intended as a model for a larger marble sculpture, Four Seasons. Ceres is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]