Silenus
Engraverengraved by
Hieronymus Hopfer
(German, active ca. 1520-1530)
Afterafter
Andrea Mantegna
(Italian, 1431-1506)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Date1520-1530
Mediumetching
Dimensions6 1/8 x 8 13/16 in. (15.5 x 22.4 cm.)
MarkingsTag; Mark; Label RECTO, LOWER LEFT CORNER, APPROX. 1.5 IN. FROM LEFT EDGE, THERE APPEARS WHAT MAY BE A LOWER CASE ROMAN NUMERAL THREE (LOOKS SIMILIAR TO 'iii'). VERSO, LOWER LEFT CORNER, SEEBERGER COLLECTOR MARK, BLACK INK. LABEL ADHERED TO CURRENT MATTING BENEATH SHEET READS: 'Silene au Milieu de Plasieurs Amoures, after Olndre Mantegna'.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Charles D. Seeberger Collection.
Status
Not on viewObject number41.5.402
Matthäus Merian the Elder
1624
Object number: 72.62.338
