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Nocturnal Banquet with Masquerade—A House of Ill Fame

(Netherlandish, 1550–about 1600)
(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
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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)
The Planets: Title Sheet
Johannes Sadeler
1585
The Sun
Johannes Sadeler
1585
The Moon
Johannes Sadeler
1585
Jupiter
Johannes Sadeler
1585
Saturn
Johannes Sadeler
1585
Venus
Johannes Sadeler
1585
Mercury
Johannes Sadeler
1585
Mars
Johannes Sadeler
1585
Eve Tempting Adam
Johannes Sadeler
1575