Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain

and Victor Marie Picot, 1744–1805, French

after William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Title:
The Pool of Bethesda
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 22 5/8 inches (49.2 x 57.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower left: "William Hogarth Pinxit."; lower center: "Pubblished Feby.24rh, 1772, by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London"; lower right: "Ravenet & Picot Sculpserunt"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1461
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
New Testament | healing | angel | sick people lying near the pool of Bethesda ~ Christ healing paralytics (John 5:1-9) | religious and mythological subject | nude | garden structure | children | men | disease | water | sick | women | fountain | arcade | trees | pool
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42085