Bacchus

c. 1595

Hendrik Goltzius

Associated Names
Hendrick Goltzius

Artist, Dutch, 1558 - 1617

The image depicts a figure holding a cup in their right hand and a bunch of grapes in their left hand, standing upright with their body turned slightly to the left. The figure has curly hair adorned with a leafy crown and is unclothed, wearing only a draped cloak around their neck and back. The background features a circular motif with a stylized scorpion in the upper left corner, against a plain backdrop. The ground is rocky with scattered plants.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut in gold and two shades of brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.8 × 14.3 cm (9 3/8 × 5 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.31.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein 1996, no. 301, State ii(b)/ii(c)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch 222.

1921

  • Hirschmann, Otto. Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks von Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) mit Benutzung der durch E.W. Moest hinterlassenen Notizen zusammengestellt. Leipzig: Verlag von Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1921. Reprint. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt &Bie

1977

  • Strauss 1977, 417.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 301, ii(b)/ii(c).

Inscriptions

upper right in plate artist's monogram: HG; center verso in graphite: H. 364; lower right verso in graphite: A 1950

Wikidata ID

Q74878028

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