Identification title(s): bacchus. Bachus (title on object). Eight classical gods (series title). Object type: print serial number: 7/8object number: rp-p-h-ob-101. 430. Catalog reference: the illustrated bartsch 255-2(4), hollstein dutch 302-2(4). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 10 collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: lugt 11 collector's mark, verso lower left, stamped: 'hinloopen', stamp of the name only, in black ink inscription, lower center, handwritten: reference to certain folia in certain books. Description: bacchus, standing in a niche, a drinking cup in his right hand, his left hand near the shoulder of a small satyr, eating grapes. This print is part of a series of eight prints of classical gods, based on paintings by polidoro da caravaggio on the facade of a roman house, seen and copied by goltzius in rome. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: hendrick goltzius (mentioned on object), after own design by: hendrick goltzius, after painting by: polidoro da caravaggio (mentioned on object), publisher: hendrick goltzius. Place of manufacture: haarlem. Date: 1592. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 354 mm × w 215 mm. Subject: what: (story of) bacchus (dionysus), liber. Credit line: loan from the rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Acquisition: loan. Date: 1592.
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