The Cult of Bacchus
The Cult of Bacchus

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The Cult of Bacchus,

1596

Jan Saenredam, Dutch, ca. 1565–1607
after Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1946-342

Information

Title
The Cult of Bacchus
Dates

1596

Maker
Jan Saenredam
after Hendrick Goltzius
Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet (sheet trimmed to plate): 32.6 × 44.9 cm (12 13/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection, bequest of Professor Clifton R. Hall

Object Number
x1946-342
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands

Inscription

Signed in plate, lower left: HG Inuent. / Sanredam Sculp.

Numbered in plate, lower center: 3

Four lines of Latin in two columns in margin: Bacche pater, prno... relevantur pectora curis.

Signed, lower right: C. Schon[a]eus

Marks/Labels/Seals

Unidentified collector stamp in brown ink, verso lower left: HPL

Numbered in graphite, verso lower left: 46//342

Reference Numbers
Bartsch 72; Hollstein 71 (Saenredam); New Hollstein 611
Culture
European, Dutch
Type
prints, engravings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), drinking, satyrs, men, text, grapes, Roman mythology

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