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Bacchus brought to Nymphs (from the series The Life of Bacchus, 2nd of 12 plates)

Engraved by: Jacob Matham (Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
After: David Vinckboons (Flemish, active in Holland 1576–1633)
Published by: Frederik de Wit (Dutch, 1629–1706)

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Platemark: 7.7 × 12.5 cm (3 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 10.9 × 15.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP7325
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 212; Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish, vol. XI, Matham) 185 (II/II); Widerkehr (New Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish)
Signed Not signed
Marks No waterwark; recto, in lower margin, in graphite: 212; Mercury brings him to the nymphs; verso, collector's stamp in red ink: H.F.S. [Henry Foster Sewall; Lugt 1309]; MFA Parker stamp (Lugt 1870), with accession number in black ink: 7325
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, lower right: 2
ProvenanceReverend John Burleigh James (b. 1811 - d. 1891), Knowbury Park, Shropshire; March 1877, his sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 3219 (set of 12). Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)