Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, Nymphs Bathing, undated
- Title:
- Nymphs Bathing
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/16 × 11 11/16 inches (25.6 × 29.7 cm), Image: 9 9/16 × 11 9/16 inches (24.3 × 29.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "287"
Lettered, lower left: "Cornelius Poulenberg pinxit Roma."; lettered, lower center: "Fair Nymphs while from the Sun's too fervent heat | To Bathe in the cool River you retreet, | B. Lens Fec."; lettered, lower center: "Beware of Curious eyes, Lest you reveal | Those very Beauties, which you wou'd conceal."; lettered, lower right: "Printed for the Bowles next the | Chapter house in St. Pauls Church Yard."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.995
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bathing | bushes | clouds | flowers | landscape | nudes | nymphs | pointing | religious and mythological subject | river | riverbank | rock (landform) | ruins | sitting | sky | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22685
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