Antonio Fantuzzi
Silène porté par deux bacchants (Silenus Carried by Two Bacchants)

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Artist Antonio FantuzziItalian (Bolognese), active c. 1537–1550

Artistafter Giulio Romano Italian (Roman), c. 1499–1546

Artistafter Rosso FiorentinoItalian (Florentine), 1494–1540

CultureItalian

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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

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Provenance[Susan Schulman Fine Art, Inc., New York], by 2018; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
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: Right center, small circle

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 16, p. 343, no. 17; Herbet no. 39; Jenkins AF 56; Zerner AF 56

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