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Title

La Maladie d'Antiochus

Subject

Erasistratus, of Ceos, 3rd cent. B.C
Selucus Nicator, d. 280 B.C
Antiochus, d. 291 B.C
Stratonice

Description

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises whenever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy (1759-1829) after a drawing prepared A. Desenne (1785-1827) itself based on a painting by G. de Lairesse (1640-1711).

Date

1793

Artist

Baquoy, Pierre-Charles
Desenne, Alexandre Joseph

Author

Lairesse, Gérard de

Note

Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rate rises when ever he sees her. Engraving by P. Baquoy (1759-1829) after a drawing prepared A. Desenne (1785-1827) itself based on a painting by G. de Lairesse (1640-1711).

Call Number

V0015930

Rights

© Wellcome Library, London

Title

La Maladie d'Antiochus

Original Format

line engraving

Physical Dimensions

34.2 x 49.3 cm
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