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Bacchus in the Guise of a Lion, Helping Jupiter Conquer the Titans (from the series The Life of Bacchus, 9th 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)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 7.7 × 12.7 cm (3 1/16 × 5 in.)
Sheet: 12.8 × 15.9 cm (5 1/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7332
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 219; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 192 (II/II); Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
Signed Not signed
Marks Watermark (yes, but not yet identified); recto, in graphite: B 219; In the form of a Lion, B. aids Jupiter in Subduing the Titans; 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: 7332
InscriptionsInscribed in plated, lower right: 9
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)