DrawingsDutch16th-17th century

Head of Bacchus

after c. 1597

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Jan Harmensz. MullerArtist after

Bartholomeus SprangerArtist after

Jacob MathamPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th-17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15 × 10.4 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Jan Gerrit van Gelder (or his heirs), Utrecht, sold; [Bernard Houthakker Gallery, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1983 (without their mark, L. 3306); Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams, 1986.638

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