Bacchus being bathed by nymphs after being born from Jupiter's knee, his mother Semele is consumed by flames. Engraving by C. Patas after A. Borel after Rinaldo Mantovano.
- Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546.
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- 17251i
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1 print : line engraving and etching ; image 20.1 x 16.1 cm
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Naissance de Bacchus. Peint par Jules Romain. Dessiné par Borel. Gravé par Patas.
References note
Stefania Massari, Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit, Roma: Palombi, 1993, no. 320, p. 324
Reference
Wellcome Collection 17251i
Reproduction note
After a painting which was successively in the Orleans and Bridgewater collections and then passed to the J.P. Getty Museum in California, where it was reattributed to Rinaldo Mantovano (Massari, loc. cit.)
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