A maenad raving in intoxication. Etching by the Comte de Caylus and engraving by J.P. le Bas after E. Bouchardon, 1737.

  • Bouchardon, Edme, 1698-1762.
Date:
[1737]
Reference:
2889815i
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Description

Left, a man with a thyrsus standing in a giant cup and drinking from a conch; right, a statue of Pan

Publication/Creation

[Paris (Rue de La. Harpe vis a vis le Soleil d'Or)] : [J.P. le Bas], [1737]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 21 x 15.5 cm

Lettering

Baccante en fureur. Bouchardon del. ; Cx sculp.

References note

Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1940, Tome IV, p. 152, no. 553.5

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2889815i

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  • sheet of four etchings

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