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Hendrick Goltzius
Bacchus1592

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Engraving of a full-length nude male figure standing in a classical arched niche, crowned with grape leaves, holding grapes, with a small child figure crouching beside a woven basket at his feet and two winged figures flanking the arch above; inscribed 'BACHVS' at top

Hendrick Goltzius, Polidoro da Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1592, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
After
Polidoro da Caravaggio
Italy, circa 1499- circa 1543
Title
Bacchus
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
1592
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (46.99 × 29.85 cm) Image: 14 × 8 3/8 in. (35.56 × 21.27 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.272g
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.
  • Strauss, Walter L. Hendrik Goltzius: The Complete Engravings and Woodcuts. Abaris Books: New York, 1977.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings, and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1949.

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