The infancy of Bacchus (Dionysus): Hermes (Mercury) entrusts him to the numphs of Nysa. Etching.

Date:
[between 1700 and 1799?]
Reference:
2133525i
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Description

Centre, Hermes hands the infant Dionusys to three of the nymphs of Nysa. Left, Pan sits in a cave: a maid brings a cradle for Bacchus. Right background, a palace on fire. Above, Jupiter in a cloud

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 27.6 x 42.5 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2133525i

Reproduction note

After: apparently, a painting in the Musée Anne de Beaujeu, Moulins: oil on copper 47 x 63 cm, in reverse to the etching and attributed to the Flemish school, early 18th century

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