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The Testament of Eudamidas

Maker

After

1594-1665

(engraver)
1623-1700

Title

The Testament of Eudamidas

Medium

etching and engraving

Dimensions

Height: 49 cm (sheet)
Width: 61.8 cm (sheet)

Accession Number

G.1939.AB.59

Mode of Acquisition

Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Provenance

Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.

Inscriptions

Inscription: N. Poussin peinxit / Ex Museo Jo. Formont Sr. de Venne. / Testament d’Eudamidas de la Ville de Corinthe / Je Legue ma Mere a Aretee pour la nourrir et en avoir soin dans sa vieillesse. Je legue ma fille a Charixene pour la marier avec un aussi grand dot / qu’il pourra luy donner. Et si l’un ou l’autre vient cependant a mourir, i’entends que le legs que’ie luy ay fait revienne au survivant. Lucien dans le Toxaris. / J. Pesne del. et Sculps. cum privil. Regis

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