Jusepe de Ribera
Silenus
1627
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet (cut within platemark): 267 × 345 mm. (10 1/2 × 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.4286
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, at lower center: "Al Molto IIIre Sr Don Gioseppe Belsamo Barone di Cattasi Giorato dell IIImo / Senato della nobile Citta di Messina. / Giovanni Orlandi Romano . D . D ."; in plate, at lower right: "Joseph a Ribera Hisps Valentis/ Setaben f. Partenope/ 1628"; Verso: at lower left, in graphite: "1929 [in diamond]"
Markings: CM: verso: Claghorn
