Drunken Silenus

Schelte Adams Bolswert after Sir Anthony van Dyck

Associated Names
Schelte Adams Bolswert

Artist, Flemish, 1586 - 1659

Sir Anthony van Dyck

Artist After, Flemish, 1599 - 1641

The image shows three people. In the center is an older man leaning forward with his eyes closed. A young man is on the left looking at the older man, while a young woman on the right supports his head. Another man behind the woman is pouring liquid from a jug into the older man's mouth. The background depicts tree branches with leaves and an overcast sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1975.23.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 624, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Anthony van Dyck, Simon Turner, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 624, state ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65577208

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