Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British
Title:
Children's Bacchanal
Date:
1680-1690s
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, proof before inscriptions on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 3/4 inches (28.9 × 19.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "Lens | 374"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1003
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
children's bacchanal | niche | statue | satyr | nymph | nude | hornpipe | foliage | steps | mountain | cloud | temple | carrying | sitting | kneeling | tambourine | dance | ritual | god | infant | reaching | putto | wings | angel | cherub | crown | goat | tree | climbing | grapes | vine | leash | leaf | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22693