Ceres and Two Nymphs with a Cornucopia Type:unstretched canvas He was elected MP for

He was elected MP for Dorset in 1640 and created Baron Digby in 1641

indicating that he delayed completion until the flowers he wished to paint came into season

The subject is from Matthew II

and Rinaldo and Armida as sources for his work

Ceres and Two Nymphs with a Cornucopia Type:unstretched canvas He was elected MP forModello' for a painting in the Prado, Madrid, which was one of eight pictures presented to Philip IV of Spain by Rubens on his arrival in Madrid in 1628. The Prado picture was described in 1636 as showing Ceres and two nymphs, though the identification of one of the figures as the goddess Ceres is doubtful. In the finished picture the pose of the left hand figure is changed. Held suggests a date of c. 1625. Jaff gives c. 1617.