Sepelire Mortuos (Bury the Dead)
Sebastien Bourdon, French, 1616 - 1671
1671
Etching and engraving on wove paper
Overall: 16 3/4 × 23 in. (42.5 × 58.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.971.6.7
Portfolio / Series Title
The Seven Works of Mercy
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower center: VII. Sepelire mortuos. Tob. 1.21.; lower right: Sebastianus Bourdon Monpeliensis; further inscriptions in Latin and French
Exhibition History
Death and Dying: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 55, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 26, 1995.
Provenance
David Tunick, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1971.
Catalogue Raisonne
Robert-Dumesnil, Vol. XI, p. 19, no. 8
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