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Workshop of
Skillin
Ceres
Datec. 1800
MediumPainted wood
DimensionsOverall: 23 3/4 × 18 × 9 in. (60.3 × 45.7 × 22.9 cm)
Object numberN0540.1948
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextSimeon Skillen Jr. came from a well known family of ship figurehead carriers in the Boston and Salem areas. Ceres was probably used as garden sculpture or interior adornment of one of the wealthy ship merchants along the Massachusetts coast.On View
On viewc. 2002-2014
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