Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Print made by Arthur Pond, ca. 1705–1758, British

after Polidoro da Caravaggio, ca. 1499–1543, Italian

Published by Arthur Pond, ca. 1705–1758, British

Title:

Mucius Scaevola Burning his Hand

Date:

1735

Materials & Techniques:

Etching with chiaroscuro woodcut

Dimensions:

Sheet: 9 x 12in. (22.9 x 30.5cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Printed inscriptions: below image, at left "Polidoro da Caravaggio." ; below image, at right "Pond fecit. 1735." and below image, at center "Pulcherrimi Exemplaris possessori, qui diviti venae pertinacem industriam, artibus graphicis studia graviora, | raro exemplo, adjunxit, Jonathani Richardson suum hoc Imitamentum dedicatum vult Arthurus Pond."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1977.14.21153

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Currently On View:

Not on view

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:56885