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| Willem Basse Farewell on the coast ca. 1632-34 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Willem Basse Landscape with woman and satyrs ca. 1628-48 etching British Museum |
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| Willem Basse Landscape with bacchanal ca. 1638-48 etching British Museum |
"BACCHANALIA – pictures or basso relievos whereon the feast is represented consisting chiefly of dancing, nudities, and the like" – from Chambers' Cyclopaedia (1753)
"We are importuned by the bacchanalian writers to lay hold on the present hour" – from Samuel Johnson's Rambler (1750)
"Intemperance and Excess in the Heathen Bacchanals was esteemed an Act of religious Joy" – from George Stanhope's Paraphrase and Comment upon the Epistles and Gospels (1705)
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| Willem Basse Landscape with bacchanal ca. 1638-48 etching British Museum |
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| Willem Basse Landscape with satyrs ca. 1628-48 etching British Museum |
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| Willem Basse Landscape with bacchanal ca. 1628-48 etching British Museum |
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| attributed to Willem Basse Landscape with bacchanal ca. 1630-45 etching British Museum |
WILLEM BASSE (1613/14-1672) – Draughtsman and etcher in manner of Rembrandt; mainly active in Amsterdam. Born in Amsterdam; pupil of his father Jan Basse; from 1638 etchings after Goltzius; later influenced by Rembrandt; died in Amsterdam.
– biographical notes from the British Museum
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| Willem Basse Christ and the woman of Samaria ca. 1628-48 etching British Museum |
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| Willem Basse Flight into Egypt ca. 1628-48 etching British Museum |
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| Willem Basse Landscape without figures ca. 1628-48 etching British Museum |
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| Willem Basse Couple eating under a tree ca. 1628-48 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Willem Basse Holy Family resting under a tree ca. 1628-48 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Willem Basse Landscape with dead tree ca. 1628-48 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Willem Basse Landscape with sleeping nymph ca. 1628-48 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |