Eudamidas dictating his will on his deathbed, leaving the care of his mother and daughter to two friends. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1765, after N. Poussin.

  • Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.
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1765
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1765

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1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 24.3 x 29.5 cm

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Testamento de Eudamida di Corinto. Lascio ad Aretéo mia madre, perché la nutrisca; a Carisseno la mia figliuola perché le dia marito, e la doti giusta il suo potere. F. Bartolozzi Fiorentino, disegnò e scolpì in Londra l'anno MDCCLXV della grandezza del quadro di N. Pussino dipinto a olio in carta ... .

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Richard Verdi, 'Poussin's Eudamidas: eighteenth-century criticism and copies', The Burlington magazine, 1971, 113: 513-524

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Wellcome Collection 21282i

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"Collezione di Tommaso Hollis, Inglese.", i.e. after a small copy of the painting by Poussin, then in the collection of Thomas Hollis and subsequently at Corsham Court, Wiltshire (Verdi, op. cit. pp. 522-523)

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