Carro di Cerere (Chariot of Ceres)

Pietro de Angelis

Associated Names
Pietro de Angelis

Artist, Venetian, c. 1730s - 1800 or later

This is a painting of a celestial scene depicting a chariot drawn by a two-headed dragon. The dragon has green scales and outstretched wings, pulling the chariot against a cloudy backdrop. In the chariot sits a figure in robes holding a sickle and a sheaf of wheat. The chariot has an ornate wheel. The composition uses flowing lines and the background is cloudy.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18 x 24.7 cm (7 1/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.35.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1998, no. 216); gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • (sale catalogue) Paris, Drouot Richelieu (PIASA), 20 November 2000, under no. 55 (related drawing of the chariot of Bacchus).

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and ink: De Angelis Fecit; lower center in pen and ink: Carro di Cerere; by later hands, lower left in graphite: 400.- No. 202

Wikidata ID

Q64619673

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