Cornucopia facts for kids

Allegorical depiction of the Roman goddess Abundantia with a cornucopia, by Rubens (ca. 1630)

In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae), also called the horn of plenty, was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts.

Images for kids

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  Statue of a Ptolemaic queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII, 200–30 BC, dolomitic limestone

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  Statue of Fortuna, Roman copy after a Greek original from the 4th century BC

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  Allegory of Peace, by Girolamo Campagna, late 16th–early 17th century, after models from circa 1585–86, bronze

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  L’Abondance par Coysevox, by Antoine Coysevox, a sculpture at the Palace of Versailles

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  Cornucopia in the Statue of Flora in Szczecin, Poland

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  Louis XVI style armchair with a pair of cornucopia, in the Cabinet Doré de la Reine of the Palace of Versailles

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  Pair of cornucopia in the Opéra national de Lorraine from Nancy

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  Stuccos with pairs of cornucopia, in the BCR Headquarters Building from Bucharest, Romania

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  Coat of arms of Huntingdonshire, England

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  Europe, forcing the wild bull on its knees and pouring out the cornucopia with the blessings of prosperity, Saarlouis, Town Hall

See also

In Spanish: Cornucopia para niños