Thetis anointing Achilles with ambrosia

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Maker

(artist)
1658-1736
(printmaker)
1673 - ca. 1750 (Life dates)
(publisher)
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

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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