Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Coloured engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1772, after Pietro da Cortona.
- Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.
- Date
- 1 September 1772
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Credit: Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Coloured engraving by W.W. Ryland, 1772, after Pietro da Cortona. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Lettering
Antiochus and Stratonice. Pietro da Cortona pinxit. Wm. Wynn Ryland sculpsit.
Publication/Creation
London (in Cheapside) : John Boydell,engraver, 1 September 1772.
Physical description
1 print : line engraving and etching, with watercolour ; image 36.9 x 50.4 cm
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 22181i
Reproduction note
"From the original picture; in the collection of the right honorable Lord Grosvenor. Size of the picture, 3f"11i by 5f"5i in length."
Type/Technique
Language
- English
Subjects
- Physician and patient.
- Diagnosis.
- Lovesickness.
- Pulse |Measurement.
- Beds.
- Costume |Greece –History –To 500
- Incense burners and containers.
- Crowns.
- Crying.
- Jewelry.
- Worry.
- Weapons.
- Armor.
- Observation (Scientific method)
- Erasistratus, of Ceos, active 3rd century B.C.
- Selucus Nicator, -280 B.C.
- Antiochus, -291 B.C.
- Stratonice.
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