A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.

  • Marillier, Clément Pierre, 1740-1808.
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26062i
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Death drags a cloak on which is written 'La Médecine'. The scene is filled with herbs, chemical apparatus and books. A serpent is to be seen on the left and on the right a corpse stripped of its skin, but retaining its hair

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1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 29.8 x 23.8 cm

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Esculape eloigne la mort. C. Morillier inv. Le Roy sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 26062i

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