Bacchus and His Attendants

c. 1506

Jacopo Francia

Associated Names
Jacopo Francia

Artist, Italian, 1486 or before - 1557

This is a drawing featuring four figures surrounded by nature elements. The composition shows four nude or partially draped figures amidst lush vegetation and rock formations. The central figure holds a cluster of small branches or a vine, while another to the left carries a staff and is partially draped in flowing cloth. A figure on the right leans against a tree trunk, holding a long stick. The scene includes detailed textures such as skin, drapery folds, and foliage.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.7 x 30.6 cm (10 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4368

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hind 'Engravings', Vol. 5, p.232, no. 7

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, lot 509); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA (Lugt 1760b), 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1966

  • Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 61.

  • Italian and Northern Renaissance Prints, Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1966, no cat.

Bibliography

1938

  • Hind, Arthur M. Early Italian Engraving; a critical catalogue with complete reproductions of all the prints described. 7 vols. London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1938-1948.

1973

  • Levenson et al. 1973, no.179.

Wikidata ID

Q64958551

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