Sardanapal in the Bath
Johann Theodor de Bry|Crispijn de Passe the Elder|Maerten de Vos
1576–1623 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
A scene with the bearded figure of Sardanapal, the Assyrian king, in a bath at center, surrounded by six attendants. The scene is framed by a circular ornamental frieze with pairs of animals and groupings of fruit. Copied from a rectangular print by Crispijn de Passe I (Hollstein XV.142.119), after a drawing by Maerten de Vos.
- Artist
- Johann Theodor de Bry|Crispijn de Passe the Elder|Maerten de Vos
- Date
- 1576–1623
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951