"A Masterpiece in Focus: Goltzius´s Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze." November 16, 1991-February2, 1992, 1991-1992

Between 1599 and 1602, Hendrick Goltzius created "Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze," combining pen and ink and brush with oil color. In celebration of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's acquisition of this rare work, Lawrence W. Nichols organized an exhibition featuring a number of works on international loan that provide context for the master work.