# The Mocking of Ceres

**Hendrik Goudt** (Dutch, 1583–1648)  
1610  
engraving  
Image: 29.2 x 23.7 cm (11 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.); Sheet: 32 x 24.2 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.23. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.23).

## About this work

This scene depicts Ceres, the Roman goddess of summer and agriculture, drinking water as she searches for her kidnapped daughter, Proserpina. A boy mocks her at left. Hendrick Goudt made several engravings meant to reproduce the style of small, dark paintings of the period. Here, the plate is almost entirely covered with lines that shift in direction or density to create textures and forms. This type of dark composition influenced printmakers like Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch 1606–1669), who adapted the dark manner to etching.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Hendrik Goudt made this in 1610, aged about 22. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.

### [Hendrik Goudt](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hendrik-goudt)

Dutch, 1583–1648

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Netherlands
- The artist was about 22
- Real size: about 11 × 9½ in (29 × 24 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Movement: [Dutch Golden Age](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/dutch-golden-age)
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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