The Seven Liberal Arts Persecuted by Pluto and Bacchus
Segment of a circle with five of the seven liberal arts fleeing right, being chased by a satyr with a bagpipe at center. To the left Bacchus rides a boar, and at far left a blind folded Pluto weilds his trident.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Seven Liberal Arts Persecuted by Pluto and Bacchus
- Artist: after Jost Amman (Swiss, Zurich before 1539–1591 Nuremberg)
- Date: ca. 1554–91
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 11 11/16 in. (6.4 × 29.7 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.20.25
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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