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Bacchus meets Erigone (from the series The Life of Bacchus, 7th of 12 plates)
Engraved by: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: David Vinckboons (Flemish, active in Holland 1576–1633)
Published by: Frederik de Wit (Dutch, 1629–1706)
After: David Vinckboons (Flemish, active in Holland 1576–1633)
Published by: Frederik de Wit (Dutch, 1629–1706)
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 7.6 × 12.5 cm (3 × 4 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.5 × 15.7 cm (4 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 12.5 × 15.7 cm (4 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 217; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 190 (II/II); Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
Signed
Not signed
Marks
No watermark; recto, in lower margin, B217; Bacchus meets Erigone; verso, collector's stamp in black ink: JBJ [within palette; John Burleigh James; Lugt 1425); MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 7330
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower right: 7
ProvenanceReverend John Burleigh James (b. 1811 - d. 1891), Knowbury Park, Shropshire; March 1877, his sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 3219 (set of 12). Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)