Thetis anointing Achilles with ambrosia
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Maker
(artist)
1658-1736
1658-1736
(printmaker)
1673 - ca. 1750 (Life dates)
1673 - ca. 1750 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1663-1724 (Life dates)
1663-1724 (Life dates)
Title
Thetis anointing Achilles with ambrosia
Date of Production
(?) 1721
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.2 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Width: 13.6 cm
Object Number
B.1990.WL.1.3
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
- ambrosia
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : V. Ianssens inv. del. Ioh. Balth. Probst Sc. / Scepius Ambrosiae succo madefactus Achilles, / Quod mortale fuit, mittere visus erat. / Achilles Thetis Sohn, durch Ambrosin beschmieren, / Soll, was er sterblichs hat, durch dessen Kraft verlieren. / 3. //
Provenance
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