A woman wearing a white and pale pink robe and holding a sickle sits on billowing clouds flanked by a lion and two young people in this vertical, oval painting. All three people have pale skin with rosy cheeks and blond hair. At the center of the composition, the woman, Ceres, sits facing us and she looks at us with lidded, gray eyes under faint brows. She has an oval face, small, pink, bow-shaped lips, and a dimple in her chin. Golden stalks of wheat along with pale blue cornflowers and red poppies create a crown in her upswept blond hair. Her white chemise falls off her shoulders and is…

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Ceres (Summer)

Antoine Watteau (French, 1684 - 1721)

c. 1717/1718

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall (oval): 141.6 x 115.7 cm (55 3/4 x 45 9/16 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line: Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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