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Title:

Silenus at the Wine Vat

Object 1

Collection Title:

Baillieu Library

Alternate Titles:

Drunken Silenus

Accession Number:

1993.2242.000.000

Creator:

Ribera, José de

Place of birth:

Játiva (Valencia), Spain

Creation Date:

1628

Object Category:

prints

Medium:

etching

Technique:

intaglio

State:

second state

Edition Notes:

printed in 1649 by John James Smith of Rome [from Gilibert Library].

Dimensions:

Type	Height	Width	Depth	Diameter	Unit (Lengths)	Weight	Unit (Weight)
image (sheet trimmed to image)	26.7	34.3			cm

Inscription:

signed and dated on plate, bot.r. l.r. 'Joseph, a' Ribera Hisp. Valenti/ Setben f. Partenope/ 1628'. dedication, bot.c. 'Al Molto Ill[ust]re Sr Don Gioseppe Balsamo Barone di Cattasi, Giorato dell Ill.mo / Senato della nobile Citta di Messina / Giovanni Orlandi Romano. D. D.'

Other Inscriptions:

inscribed l.l., printed: "Al Molto 3ll re s. s [inverted] Don Gioseppe Balsomo Barone di Cattafi Giorato dell 3ll. mo/ Giovanni Orlandi Romano D. D."

Catalogue Raisonne:

Bartsch 13-I; Brown 14

Credit Line:

Baillieu Library Collection, the University of Melbourne.

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