''Ceres'' is an 18th-century statuette by

Augustin Pajou Augustin Pajou (; 19 September 1730 – 8 May 1809) was a French sculpture, sculptor, born in Paris. At eighteen he won the Prix de Rome, and at thirty exhibited his ''Pluton tenant Cerbère enchaîné'' (now in the Louvre). Selected works Paj ...

depicting Ceres, a Roman goddess. The work, made from terracotta, was intended as a model for a larger marble sculpture, ''Four Seasons''. ''Ceres'' is now in the collection of the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...

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18th-century sculptures Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Sculptures of Roman goddesses Ceres (mythology) Sculptures of Demeter {{Met-stub