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Bacchus (from Eight Antique Gods series, 1 of 8 plates)
about 1592
Medium/Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.2 x 21.4 cm (13 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7279
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 255; Hollstein 302 (II)
State
II
Signed
Signed in plate, lower right: HG Sculp.
Marks
Watermark: six pointed star in circle; verso: collector's stamp in red: H.F.S. [Henry F. Sewall; Lugt 1309]; purple Parker Collection MFA stamp with accession number in ink: 7279 [Lugt 1870]
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: BACHVS.; lower left: Polidorus . Inue .; lower right, on column base: 7
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November, 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund.