Bust of Demeter-golden (Ceres). 41cm.

Description

Bust of Demeter-golden, high-quality sculpture reproduction made of molded marble (marble powder plus binder). Application of gilding. Aging finish achieved with patinas based on natural earths. Its texture and finish give it the appearance of an original marble statue that has aged over several centuries.

• Total measurements bust with base: Height: 41 cm. Width: 27 cm. Depth: 27 cm
• Sculpture height without base: 39 cm
• Wooden base measurements: Width: 32 cm. Depth: 22 cm. Height: 2 cm
• Approximate weight: 17 kg.

Reproductions of sculptures inspired by original museum pieces. Classical art. Handmade in Spain. The sculpture has a magnificent presence for use in interior decoration (living rooms, foyers, libraries, and offices) and for outdoor use, such as terraces and gardens, resistant to weather conditions.

Bust of Demeter-golden. The sculpture we reproduce is a recreation of the Greek Goddess Demeter (Ceres in Rome). It is inspired by a 19th-century sculpture from a private collection.

The goddess Demeter is the goddess of agriculture and the fertility of the fields. One of her attributes is often wheat spikes that appear in many representations as an offering. She is associated with the Eleusinian Mysteries where she was worshipped, related to the mysteries of life and death, regeneration, and rebirth.

According to myth, Demeter, goddess of agriculture, lived happily with her daughter Persephone until Hades, god of the underworld, kidnaps her. Then the goddess of crops, plunged into sadness, descends to Hades, and her disappearance from the surface of the earth causes the inactivity in nature characteristic of winter. In her desperate search for Persephone, Demeter appears before her brother Hades in the underworld, and the sterility of nature caused by her disappearance leads Zeus to intervene, agreeing to a compromise: Persephone would spend half of the year in the realm of the underworld and the rest on the surface.

This bust of Demeter reminds us of the ancient myth as a symbol of the cycles of nature of dormancy and regeneration, of spring and winter, of life and death.