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According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, after several days’s searching for her daughter Proserpina, who had been abducted by Pluto, Ceres stopped at the house of Hecuba. There, the goddess was offered a jug of water, from which she drank greedily, provoking the laughter of the young Stellio, whom Ceres turned into a tiny lizard. This painting belonged to Rubens, a friend and admirer of Elsheimer.
Saint John the Baptist in a landscape could be described as an already-known work within Maíno’s oeuvre. Two other versions of this composition have been published, both of which are characterised by the use of an evening light that bathes the gentle hill strategically located in the background that is so characteristic of this artist’s work, as is the inclusion of plants and shrubs, rushin
The young Christ is shown seated among the priests of the Temple who are listening to him attentively and with astonishment (Luke 2: 41-50). This is one of Bramer’s characteristic interiors, painted with pronounced chiaroscuro, in which the influence of Caravaggio and Adam Elsheimer is evident. During the years he lived in Rome Bramer was known as “Leonardo della Notte” due to his preference for s
