The plague of the Philistines at Ashdod. Engraving by S. Picart, 1677, after N. Poussin.

  • Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
Date:
1677
Reference:
10121i
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Description

See further: Raymond Crawfurd, Plague and pestilence in literature and art, Oxford 1914.

Publication/Creation

1677

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 39.7 x 53 cm

Related material

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/7/84

Lettering

L'arche du Seigneur ayant esté prise par les Philistins, et mise aupres de l'idole de Dagon ... Arca domini a Philistœis capta et juxta idolum Dagon collocata ... Nic. Poussin pinx. ; Steph. Picart Rom.us sculp. 1677. Lettering continues describing the scene in both French and Latin

Reference

Wellcome Collection 10121i

Reproduction note

"D'apres le tableau du Poussin qui est dans le Cabinet du Roy, haut de 4 pieds et demy sur six pieds de large" ; the same information is repeated in Latin

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