![Joseph Wagner (1706-1780) According to a Painting by Gregorio Lazzarini (1655-1730), From the Cycle: BACHANALIA [engraving three of four], 1739 -1780](https://img1.one.bid/img/4874/1259699_1b.jpg?1680196250)
etching, copperplate/paper, 35 x 49.6 cm (plate imprint), approx. 40.5 x 54 cm (sheet)
under the composition on the left: Apud Nob.os Viros Lini Gregorius Lazarini Pinxit; on the right: I. Wagner Sculp. et vend. Ven.is C.P.E.S.
Below the composition in the center a line in two columns: Chi non prevede qual sarà cogli anni / Pargoleggia con Bacco ancor bambino, // Ma della guida sua tema gli inganni / Chi si lascia guidar dal Dio del vino.
state of preservation very good
LITERATURE:
- Vincenzo da Canal, Vita di Gregorio Lazzarini, [Venice 1809], p. nlb. [here information about Wagner's production of engravings according to four paintings; mottoes for all depictions are given].
- Charles Le Blanc, Jacques-Charles Brunet, Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes [...], vol. IV, Paris 1889, item cat. 71 pp. 168.
![Joseph Wagner (1706-1780) According to a Painting by Gregorio Lazzarini (1655-1730), From the Cycle: BACHANALIA [engraving three of four], 1739 -1780](https://img1.one.bid/img/4874/1259699_1q.jpg?1680196250)
