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Print, Bacchus

This is a Print. It was attributed to Jan Saenredam and print maker: Hendrik Goltzius. It is dated ca. 1595 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

28.2 × 20.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Lettered above the oval "HG". Below the oval a cartouche with a dedication to Cornelis Cornelisz. by Goltzius. In the margin two lines of text "Oblecto ... dator" by "C.Schoneus". Numbered in lower left corner "1".

Cite this object as

Print, Bacchus; Attributed to Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565 - 1607); Print Maker: Hendrik Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1558 – 1617); engraving on laid paper; 28.2 × 20.9 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8686

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