Testament of Eudamidas of the City of Corinth
Maker
After
1594-1665
(engraver)
1623-1700
1594-1665
(engraver)
1623-1700
Title
Testament of Eudamidas of the City of Corinth
Dimensions
Height: 46.9 cm
Width: 57.4 cm
Width: 57.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.80
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: Recto: lower left: “N. Poussin peinxit/ Ex Museo Jo. Formont Sr.de Venne.//”; lower center: “Testament d’Eudamidas de la Ville de Corinthe”; lower right: “J. Pesne del. et sculps. cum privil. Regi.”; lower center: “Je Legue ma Mere a Aretée pour la nourrir et en avoir soin dans sa vieillesse. Je legue ma fille à Charixene pour la marier avec un aussi grand dot/ quil pourra luy donner. Et si l’un ou l’autre vient cependant a mourir, i’entends que le legs que ieluy ay fait revienne au suruiuant. Lucien dan. Toxaris.”; lower right, handwritten on the mount: “A.306”.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, handwritten on the mount: “746/15(6a)”.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, handwritten on the mount: “746/15(6a)”.
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