A Sleeping Bacchus, from the Houghton Series
Richard Earlom, English, 1743 - 1822
after Luca Giordano, Italian, 1632 - 1705
1780
Mezzotint
Sight: 15 3/4 × 18 1/8 in. (40 × 46 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/4 × 19 3/16 in. (43.8 × 48.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Puchased through the Jean and Adolph Weil Jr. 1935 Fund and the Robert J. Strasenburgh II 1942 Fund
2012.14
Publisher
John Boydell, London, England
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
In image, bottom, center: Luca Giordano; below image, left: Luca Giordano Pinxit; below image, center: John Boydell excudit 1780 / A SLEEPING BACCHUS. / In the Drawing Room at Houghton / Size of the Picture F 8" [F superscript, " subscript] 10" [1 superscript] 1/2 by F 10" [F superscript, " subscript] 18 [1 superscript] 2/4 long / Published Sepr" [r superscript, " subscript] 29th [th superscript] 1780 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.; below image, center, shield: FARIQUAE SENTIAT; below image, right: Richd" [d superscript, " subscript] Earlom Sculpsit.
Provenance
Steve J. Maun, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2012.
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