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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M5504
People
Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1499
Anonymous Germany, German
Title
Reliefs from the fourth car (Festival of Bacchus). Jupiter commits the infant Bacchus to Mercury. In the same compartment, Mercury is carring the child to the nymphs of Mount Nyssa in Thrace, who bring him up in a cave. (Fol. l ii recto)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Illustrations from Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. Venice, Aldus, 1499
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1499
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Veneto, Venice
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/251992

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
7.5 × 12.7 cm (2 15/16 × 5 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Essling 1198

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
M5504
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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