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Bacchanal with the Wine Vat

Bacchanal with the Wine Vat

after (Italian, 1431–1506)
Date17th–18th Century
MediumChalk manner engraving printed in red-brown ink, with pen or brush and red-brown ink and white opaque watercolor and brush
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 11 × 16 1/2 in. (27.9 × 41.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Lehman
Object number1943.249
Status
Not on view
More Information
Male satyrs, putti, and human figures gather around a wine vat in various stages of inebriation. The print was most likely engraved or etched based on an engraving by Mantegna, but in reverse. It is also possible--though less likely, due to the later age of the paper--that it is a counterproof of the Mantegna print.
ProvenanceJonathan Richardson [1665-1745], London (L. 2184). Robert Prioleau Roupell [1798-1886], London (L. 2234).¹ John Postle Heseltine [1843-1929], London (L. 1507). Robert Lehman [1891-1969], New York; by gift 1943 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH ¹Perhaps the same as the Mantegna "Les Vendanges" sold at Christie's London on 12-13 July 1887 for £10, with a Ligozzi, both from Richardson's collection. See Lugt, Le Marques de Collections...Exhibition History
Working Drawings
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 24, 1981 - April 27, 1981 )
On Line: European Drawings, 16th-19th Centuries
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 2007 - January 27, 2008 )
Collections
  • European
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