A king at an old man's bedside with a bow (Jacob blessing Joseph's bow, or Philoctetes confiding Heracles's bow to Neoptolemos, son of Achilles)
Maker
(etcher (?))
1703-1770
1703-1770
Title
A king at an old man's bedside with a bow (Jacob blessing Joseph's bow, or Philoctetes confiding Heracles's bow to Neoptolemos, son of Achilles)
Date of Production
18th century
Medium
printed in black
etching
etching
Dimensions
Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Width: 23.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6978.38
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
Literature
L'Oeuvre gravé de François Boucher dans la collection Edmond de Rothschild
Fig. p. no. 1641
Fig. p. no. 1641
Inscriptions
Inscription: f. Boucher. f. //
Inscription: F. BOUCHER / Basan Coll. / Paris / Anonymous engraver / after / Jacob bluissent l'orc de Joseph / or Philoctete (?) a Neoptoleme l'arc d'Heracles / cf Pie(?) ette Jean. Richard: l'oeuvre grave de F. Boucher, 1978 - no. 1641 //
Inscription: F. BOUCHER / Basan Coll. / Paris / Anonymous engraver / after / Jacob bluissent l'orc de Joseph / or Philoctete (?) a Neoptoleme l'arc d'Heracles / cf Pie(?) ette Jean. Richard: l'oeuvre grave de F. Boucher, 1978 - no. 1641 //
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