
Thetis placing Achilles in the fire
Maker
(artist)
1658-1736
(printmaker)
1673 - ca. 1750 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1663-1724 (Life dates)
1658-1736
(printmaker)
1673 - ca. 1750 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1663-1724 (Life dates)
Title
Thetis placing Achilles in the fire
Date of Production
(?) 1721
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 18.3 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Accession Number
B.1990.WL.1.4
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : V. Ianssens invent. del. I. B. Probst Sculp. / Quo mortale genus Thetidos deponeret infans, / Sub flammis noctu condere Sveta fuit. / Achilles ruht ben Nacht, im feuer unversehret / Und wird, was sterblich ist, an ihm, hierdurch verzehret. / 4. //
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