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The Alliance of Venus with Bacchus and Ceres
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The Alliance of Venus with Bacchus and Ceres

Jacob Matham | Hendrick Goltzius

Date unknown

Medium

Engraving

Tags

BacchusCeresVenus

Dimensions

sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/8 in. (30 x 20.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jacob Matham

1571–1631 • Dutch Republic

He took over Hendrick Goltzius' print publishing business probably as early as 1598. Comment on works: Engraver; Draughtsman

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