Black-and-white etching of a woman drinking from a flask at night, a hooded old woman in a doorway, a nude boy, grain sheaves and a cart wheel.

Ceres drinking from a flask at night, after Elsheimer (1646 etching)

A black-and-white etching shows a woman in flowing drapery raising a vessel to her lips at left, while a bent, hooded old woman stands in a doorway at right. A nude boy reaches toward the old woman beside sheaves of grain and a wooden cart wheel, under dense night foliage.

Artist: Adam Elsheimer
Date: 1646
Medium: Etchings
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 3142 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1646.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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Ceres drinking from a flask at night, after Elsheimer (1646 etching)

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