'SINE CERERE ET BACCHO FRIGET VENUS.'(Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus will freeze.) Etching with corresponding etch design sketch.Made by Anonymous after Jan Saenradam after Abraham Bloemaert.Medium: Engraving and a crayon drawing on hand laid (verge) paper.Sheet size: 20 x 22.8 cm (7.87 x 8.98 inch). Image size: 20 x 22.8 cm. (7.87 x 8.98 inch).CERES-BACCHUS-VENUS | PCO-EXPO-58BACKGROUND INFORMATIONThe quality of this plate in reverse closely matches the original by Saenradam. The drawing in reverse could be related to this plate. Both on early 17th.c. paper. A rare specimen, not in the collection of Rijksmuseum.Reference: After Hollstein Dutch 75-2.Biography artist: Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam (1565-1607) was a Dutch Northern Mannerist painter, printmaker in engraving, and cartographer, and father of the painter of church interiors, Pieter Jansz Saenredam. He is noted for the many allegorical images he created from classical mythology and the Bible. Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, who trained most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.