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Hippocrate refuse les presens d'Ataxerces
1816
After Anne Louis Girodet de Rouchy Trioson (Artist) French, 1767-1824 Jean Baptiste Raphael Ur Massard (Artist) French, 1775-1843
Engraving printed in black on wove paper
sheet trimmed within plate mark: 20 7/8 x 25 7/8 in. 53.0 x 65.7 cm
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S745
Public Domain
Markings
In plate, lower right: Grave par Raphael Urbain Massard.; lower left: Peint par A. L. Girodet-Trioson a Rome 1792.; lower center: 1816; center bottom margin: HIPPOCRATE REFUSE LES PRESENS D'ARTAXERCES. / Dites a votre maitre que je suis assez riche; que l'honneur ne me permet pas de recevoir ses dons, d'aller en Asie, et de secourir les ennemis de la Grece. Plutar in Caton T.1. p. 350. / Dedie a la Faculte de Medecine de Paris.; bottom left: A Paris, chez l'Auteur Rue de Conde No. 19, et les Marchands d'Estampes.; bottom right edge: Depose au Bureau des Estampes; in pencil bottom left: Epreuve magnifique du premier Etat.
Stamp in blue, lower right corner: M. Levy (Lugt 1676)
Provenance
M. Levy;C. J. Carlsbad, Sept. 1887
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Jean Baptiste Raphael Ur Massard; after Anne Louis Girodet de Rouchy Trioson, Hippocrate refuse les presens d'Ataxerces, 1816, engraving printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S745.
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