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Triumph of Bacchus
(1660)
Medium
etching
Measurements
31.3 × 47.6 cm (image) 33.4 × 47.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Antwerp, Flanders
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hollstein 1; Schneevoogt 134.133
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: Johannes popels. fecit. 1660 (1660 in pen and ink)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: P.P. Rubens. ping.
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: ECCE QVID IMMODICVS VINITIBI CONFERAT.VSVS PARVVTVS HIC SATYRO, BACHVS PORTATVR ASELLO ERGO FIT SATYRI, CAPRI, FIT ADINSTAR ASELLI / ECCE REGVNT HOMINES BRVTA, REGVNTQVE.DEOS TERTIVS. A. CAPRO QVID NISI BRVTVS HOMO POTVS HOMO. SEGNIS, IMPETVOSVS, INERS
Accession Number
1617-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Bacchus (Roman deity) classicism donkeys goat (genus) processions reproductive prints revelries satyrs
Movements
Baroque