Artist
Antonio Fantuzzi(Italian (Bolognese), active c. 1537–1550)Italian (Bolognese), active c. 1537–1550
Artistafter
Giulio Romano (Italian (Roman), c. 1499–1546)Italian (Roman), c. 1499–1546
Artistafter
Rosso Fiorentino(Italian (Florentine), 1494–1540)Italian (Florentine), 1494–1540
CultureItalian
Titles
- Silène porté par deux bacchants (Silenus Carried by Two Bacchants)
Date1543
Printed inItaly
MediumEtching on laid paper
DimensionsPlate/Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 in. (21.9 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2018.512
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Printed in ink, in plate, right bottom edge, lettered and dated: AF/1543
Verso: Center top edge, inscribed in graphite: WD [?]
Verso: Upper right, inscribed in graphite: Antoine Fantuzzi//(Antoine Trento)//Bartsch XVI/S. 1P8 [?]/No. 17
Verso: Right center, inscribed in graphite: Wach Roux [?]
Verso: Lower left, inscribed in graphite: Fantuzzi//CB. T. XVI p. 349 n. 17//[illegible] Rosso
Verso: Lower right, inscribed in graphite: Anton Fantuzzi da Trento
Verso: Right bottom edge, inscribed in graphite: Rosso [illegible]
Verso: Center top edge, inscribed in graphite: WD [?]
Verso: Upper right, inscribed in graphite: Antoine Fantuzzi//(Antoine Trento)//Bartsch XVI/S. 1P8 [?]/No. 17
Verso: Right center, inscribed in graphite: Wach Roux [?]
Verso: Lower left, inscribed in graphite: Fantuzzi//CB. T. XVI p. 349 n. 17//[illegible] Rosso
Verso: Lower right, inscribed in graphite: Anton Fantuzzi da Trento
Verso: Right bottom edge, inscribed in graphite: Rosso [illegible]
Verso: Right center, small circle
Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 16, p. 343, no. 17; Herbet no. 39; Jenkins AF 56; Zerner AF 56
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