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Title
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De Cerres Déesse
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Description
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Ceres, queen of Sicily and goddess of the harvest, is pictured at the top of the image in a blue gown, sitting in a field. Farm workers surround her. They are praying and yoking oxen to plow the fields. Queen Ceres is responsible for being the first to tame and train oxen to pull plows.
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Image Creator
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Master of the Cleres Femmes of the Duke of Berry (Illuminator)
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Identifier
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mta:19798
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Source Name
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Livre des Femmes Nobles et Renommées
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Image
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mta_19798_OBJ.png
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Subject
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Harvest
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Ceres
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Goddesses
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Agriculture