Neptunus achtervolgt een vrouw / Triomf van Bacchus / Terugkeer van Vulcanus met Bacchus 1680 - 1800

This etching, created by the Monogrammist MP sometime between 1680 and 1800, features three separate scenes. The top scene shows Neptune, god of the sea, chasing a fleeing woman, likely a nymph, in his chariot, while Cupid flies above. The middle scene depicts a procession of revelers celebrating the god Bacchus, with the god himself in the center. The bottom scene shows the return of Vulcan, god of fire, with Bacchus, perhaps indicating the god’s arrival in the underworld. The artist’s style emphasizes the dramatic postures and movement of the figures, typical of 17th and 18th-century etching.