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A man seated at right receiving an audience (the statue of Bacchus excised from the print in the upper right)

1530–60
Not on view
The print is mounted to sheet that originally belonged to an album. The number '3802' is written on tab that is pasted to the left edge of the mount. A note in French and some German in a 19th century hand describing its subject is attached to the mount.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A man seated at right receiving an audience (the statue of Bacchus excised from the print in the upper right)
  • Artist: Battista Franco (Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice)
  • Date: 1530–60
  • Medium: Engraving and etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 19 5/8 in. (35.8 × 49.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.625.80
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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