Hippocrates. Line engraving by G.E. Petit as successor to E. Desrochers after P. P. Rubens.

  • Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
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Hippocrates. Line engraving by G.E. Petit as successor to E. Desrochers after P. P. Rubens. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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After P. Pontius's engraving of a bust, probably in Rubens's possession, which Rubens also depicted in his portrait of Ludovicus Nonnius in the National Gallery, London--van der Meulen, loc. cit.

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Paris (rue S. Jacques à la Couronne d'espines près les Mathurins) : chez Petit

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1 print : engraving

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Lettering

Hippocrate médecin né dans l'isle de Cos, les écrits qu'il a laissés servent de base à l'étude de la médecine, il vivait l'an du monde 3560. Suite de Desrochers. Lettering continues: Chez les Grecs, qu'étonna son rare et docte essor / Dans un art inventé pour être salutaire, / Il fut des médecins et le prince et le père, / Et parmi nous il l'est encor.

References note

Marjon van der Meulen, Copies after the antique, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XXIII, London 1994, vol. II, no. 113, pp. 127-128 (this print not mentioned among the engraved copies)

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Wellcome Collection 4228i

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