Bacchus verandert zijn ontvoerders in dolfijnen, Jacob Matham, after David Vinckboons, 1616

Identification

Title(s)

Bacchus verandert zijn ontvoerders in dolfijnen

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-OB-27.223

Catalogue reference

New Hollstein Dutch 284-1(2)

Description

Bacchus verandert de Thyrreense piraten door wie hij werd ontvoerd in dolfijnen. Hij laat klimop in het wand groeien en er verschijnen monsters waardoor de zeelieden overboord springen en in dolfijnen veranderen. Boekillustratie voor: Lof-sanck van Bacchus, 1616.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Jacob Matham
after design by: David Vinckboons
publisher: Willem Janszoon Blaeu

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1616

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving / letterpress printing

Measurements

height 78 mm × width 127 mm

Explanatory note

Boekillustratie voor: Heinsius, Daniel [bewerkt door Petrus Scriverius]. Nederduytsche poemata. dl. 3: Hymnus oft Lof-sanck van Bacchus, Waerin'tgebruyck ende misbruyck vande Wijn beschreven wort. Amsterdam: Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1616.

Subject

What

Tyrrhenian sailors changed into dolphins: when Bacchus turns himself into a lion and has a vine grow about the ship, the Tyrrhenian sailors out of terror jump into the sea, and are metamorphosed into dolphins (Ovid, Metamorphoses III 662)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

unknown 2011

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Jacob Matham, dl. II, p. 279, cat.nr. 284
Nederduytsche Poemata, Daniel Heinsius, Jacob Matham, Jac. Matham, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Petrus Scriverius

Persistent URL

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