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 rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse.

  • Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711.
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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 rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy after A. Desenne after G. de Lairesse. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : line engraving and etching ; platemark 34.2 x 49.3 cm

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La maladie d'Antiochus. Peint par Lairesse. Dessiné par Desenne. Gravé par Baquoy.

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Jean Laran, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, tome premier, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1930, p. 297, Pierre Baquoy no. 20 ("Même ouvrage [Musée royal .., de Laurent, t. I, 1816 ], t. III : La maladie d'Antiochus, d'apr. G. de Lairesse, dess. de Desenne. … La même pl. avant l[ettres]. — La même pl., réimpr. Danlos, 1867.")

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