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Jupiter Carries off the Newborn Bacchus to Spare Him from the Jealousy of Juno (from the series The Life of Bacchus, 1st of 12 plates)

(Netherlandish, 1571–1631)
(Flemish, active in Holland 1576–1633)
(Dutch, 1629–1706)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsImage: 7.2 × 12 cm (2 13/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Platemark: 7.6 × 12.5 cm (3 × 4 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 13 × 15.7 cm (5 1/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP7324
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, upper center: Vita Bachi; lower right, in margin: F. de Wit excudit.; also lower right, outside of image: 1
ProvenanceReverend John Burleigh James (b. 1811 - d. 1891; Lugt 1425), Knowbury Park, Shropshire; March 1877, his sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 3219 (set of 12). Henry F. Sewall (b. 1816 - d. 1896), New York; November 1897, purchased by the MFA through the Harvey D. Parker Fund. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)