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Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) 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
- Reference
- 22181i
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Credit: Erasistratus, a physician, realising that the illness of Antiochus (son of Seleucus I) 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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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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
Lettering
Antiochus and Stratonice. Pietro da Cortona pinxit. Wm. Wynn Ryland sculpsit.
Lettering note
Bears numbers : "Vol. II. no. 62
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
Languages
- English
Subjects
- Physician and patient
- Diagnosis
- Lovesickness
- PulseMeasurement
- Beds
- CostumeGreeceHistoryTo 500
- Incense burners and containers
- Crowns
- Crying
- Jewelry
- Worry
- Weapons
- Armor
- Observation (Scientific method)
- Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, Earl, 1731-1802.Art collections.
- Erasistratus, of Ceos, active 3rd century B.C.
- Seleucus I, Nicator, -281 B.C.
- Antiochus, -291 B.C.
- Stratonice.
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