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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

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

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 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

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 //

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