Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britainafter Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Title:
Cupid in the Character of Bacchus
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 7/16 inches (39.7 x 29 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#56"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.892
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | pouring | boy | drinking glass | food | barrel | god | religious and mythological subject | wine | nude | jug | carafe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
John Ingamells, A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 46, Walpole Society, 1976-8, p. 41, no. 145, N12 W35 +A1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)