M23990: Bacchus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M23990

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Bacchus

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Bacchus, Venus, and Ceres

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1595

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/195466

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

plate: 25 × 18.3 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
sheet: 26.6 × 19.5 cm (10 1/2 × 7 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: armorial with fleece
• collector's mark: verso, black ink: Robert Balmanno 23 Mornington Place Regent Park / at the Lloyds 2nd: Sale @ Sothby's 11 Dec: 1820 - 12/. for 3 + the Portrait by Edelinck[Robert Balmanno (Lugt 213)]
• collector's mark: verso, purple stamp: AB [the initials separated by a blossom of a growing plant, within a shield-shaped borderline; Albert Blum (Lugt 79b)]
• collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M23990
• inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 81 {/} / [illeg.]/cho- / 3 for - 2-1-0
• inscription: in plate, in a scroll below the primary image: Cornelio Cornelij Harlemæo / Pictori egregio xemiolj loco / D. D. / HG[linked]oltzius.
• inscription: in plate, lower margin: Oblecto dulci merentia corda lyeo, / Osor tristicie, leticieq dolor. C. Shoneus.
• inscription: in plate, lower left corner of margin: 1

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lloyd, London, Sold at Sotheby's, 1820. Sale, 11 December 1820. Inscribed, verso: Robert Balmano 23 Morrington Place Regents Park / at Mr Lloyd's 2d Sale at Sothebys 11 Dec: 1820 12/- for 3 & the portrait by Edelinck. Presumably the other two of the "3" were the Venus and Ceres that complete the set.
Robert Balmanno, (213), purchase at Lloyd sale, 11 December 1820, 1820.
A. L. Blum, (79b).

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

New Hollstein 144, Bartsch 65, Hollstein 66 (as Saenredam)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David P. Becker

Accession Year

1998

Object Number

M23990

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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