Antiochus verliefd op Stratonica, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), after Pietro da Cortona, 1637 - 1692

Title(s)

Antiochus verliefd op Stratonica

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-BI-1311

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 76

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Antiochus is ziek van verliefdheid op zijn stiefmoeder Stratonica. De mooie Stratonica is bezig met een vuuroffer en Antiochus kijkt smachtend naar haar.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Bloemaert (II) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Pietro da Cortona (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1637 - 1692

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 216 mm × width 310 mm

What

• Antiochus I (Soter) and Stratonice: by taking Antiochus' pulse when Stratonice enters the room, the physician discovers that the love for his stepmother is the cause of his illness (King Seleucus subsequently hands his kingdom and his wife over to his son)

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Berckheyde - Bodding, p. 75, cat.nr. 76