Plate 17. The infanticide at Bethlehem. From a series of twenty-two plates depicting the life of the Virgin.
after Nicolas Poussin (Les Andeleys, Normandy 1594 – Rome 1665)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1715 - 1756
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
325 x 220 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.4.82
Summary
(Folio 24, recto, lower print). From a series of twenty-two plates depicting the life of the Virgin. The infanticide at Bethlehem. Plate 17
Marks and inscriptions
'Surge, et accipe puerum et matrem ejus et fuge in Aegyptum / S. Matth. Cap. II S. 6 'Nic. Poussin inv.', 'F. Polanzani sculp.', and two lines of Latin inscription.
Makers and roles
after Nicolas Poussin (Les Andeleys, Normandy 1594 – Rome 1665), creator Jacques Stella (Lyon 1596 - Paris 1657), creator Francesco Polanzani (1700-1783) , creator