Nocturnal Banquet with Masquerade—A House of Ill Fame

Johannes Sadeler (Netherlandish, 1550–about 1600)

Joos van Winghe (Flemish, 1544–1603)

1588

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet (trimmed to platemark): 37.5 x 45 cm (14 3/4 x 17 11/16 in.)

Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard

Accession number2016.48

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InscriptionsIn plate, in image, at lower center, on table: Jodoc: a Wing: / figuravit, 1588. In plate, in image, at lower center, on table: Joan: Sadeler. Serenissimi / Bavariae Ducis Chalcograph[icus] fe. In plate, below image: Vinum et mulleres apostare faciunt sapientes. Et qui se iungit fornicatoriis erit nequam. Sirach 19.

ProvenanceNovember 27, 2014, sale, Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, (sale 104) lot 5244, to Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt; 2016, sold by Helmut H. Rumbler to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 24, 2016)