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The Good Samaritan

1772

Jean-Marie Delatre and Simon Francois Ravenet I after William Hogarth

Associated Names

Simon Francois Ravenet I

Artist, French, 1706 - 1774

Jean-Marie Delatre

Artist, French, 1746 - 1840

William Hogarth

Artist After, English, 1697 - 1764

The image is an engraving showing various figures on a sloped terrain. A man is seated and injured, being tended to by another figure. There is a horse nearby and other figures in the distance. The landscape consists of hilly, wooded terrain, with a cloudy sky above. The image is monochromatic, using different shades of black and gray to emphasize details.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and engraving
Credit Line

Gift of Colonel Charles E. Hammond
Accession Number

1970.39.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Paulson 1965, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1965

Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Rev. ed., 1970.

Wikidata ID

Q65510136

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