Bacchus, between 1558 and 1617

  • Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black, brown and yellow-brown ink on laid paper

  • Image: 9 3/8 × 5 5/8 inches (23.8 × 14.3 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (27.6 × 17.1 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S549

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed, on block, upper right edge: [artist's monogram]

Inscribed, on block, upper right of image: [Scorpio zodiacal symbol] Inscribed, in pencil and in ink, verso: [notations]

June 1890, Klever sale (Berlin, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, 2020, p. 11.

Hendrick Goltzius, Bacchus, between 1558 and 1617, chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black, brown and yellow-brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S549.