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The image depicts a busy skyline with hills and clusters of buildings. A figure sits atop a barrel marked "1582" next to a smaller figure sitting in a basket surrounded by grapes. A pond or river with swans is also included in the scene. The style appears to be a woodcut or engraving, with a monochromatic color palette of black and white emphasizing detailed line work.
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The image depicts a busy skyline with hills and clusters of buildings. A figure sits atop a barrel marked "1582" next to a smaller figure sitting in a basket surrounded by grapes. A pond or river with swans is also included in the scene. The style appears to be a woodcut or engraving, with a monochromatic color palette of black and white emphasizing detailed line work.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bacchus Seated on a Barrel and Holding Grapes

Jonas Silber (formerly by Master IS.)

Date
1582
Medium
punch engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (circle, trimmed within platemark): 12.1 × 12 cm (4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1943.3.5805
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • bird
  • animal
  • Fruit
  • Male figure
  • Nuremberg
  • Drink
  • Building
Provenance

Friedrich August II, King of Saxony [1797-1854], Dresden (Lugt 971)

Inscription

recto: in plate, at lower right: I S / 1582; at upper left, in graphite: N14; verso, at left center, in graphite: C 19841 / J4800; at lower center, in graphite: K8721

Marks

Friedrich August II (Lugt 972);

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 8735. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.