Bacchanaal, Georg Andreas Wolfgang, after Johannes Heinrich Schönfeld, 1641 - 1716

Title(s)

Bacchanaal
Bacchanalia (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1985-1

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 19

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Artist

• print maker: Georg Andreas Wolfgang (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Johannes Heinrich Schönfeld (mentioned on object)

Place

Germany

Dating

1641 - 1716

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 260 mm × width 332 mm

What

• thiasos, i.e. Bacchus' revel-rout, bacchanal without Bacchus
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'
• group dancing

Acquisition

purchase 1985

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 4, p. 246, cat.nr. 19