Seleucus kroont Antiochus, Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort, 1666

Title(s)

Seleucus kroont Antiochus
Titelpagina voor: Corneille, Thomas. Antiochus. Tragi-comedie, 1666

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1878-A-2373

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 19

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Seleucus kroont zijn zoon Antiochus in de troonzaal tot koning, nadat Antiochus verliefd is geworden op zijn stiefmoeder Stratonica. Stratonica staat naast hem. Verschillende hovelingen kijken toe. Boven theatergordijnen en een cartouche met de titel.

Artist

• print maker: Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort
• publisher: Abraham Wolfgang

Place

print maker: Netherlands
publisher: Amsterdam

Dating

1666

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 116 mm × width 65 mm

What

• title-page
• theatre, theatrical performance
• 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)
• throne-room

Acquisition

purchase 7-Jan-1878

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Hond zoekt in de stam van een boom

• Jan Saenredam to Roelandt Savery, p. 186, cat.nr. 19