Esurientes pascere (Feed the Hungry), from the series The Seven Works of Mercy
Sebastien Bourdon, French, 1616 - 1671
1671
Etching and engraving on wove paper
Overall: 17 × 23 1/16 in. (43.2 × 58.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.971.6.1
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower center: I Esurientes pascere Genes. 12.2; lower right: Sebastianus Bourdon Monpeliensis; further inscriptions in Latin and French
Exhibition History
Figures and Structures: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 2-March 10, 1996.
Provenance
David Tunick, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1971.
Catalogue Raisonne
Robert-Dumesnil, Vol. XI, p. 19, no. 2
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