Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain, The Pool of Bethesda, 1772
- 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), Plate: 19 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (48.6 x 56.5 cm), Image: 16 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (41.3 x 54 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:
- angel | arcade | children | disease | fountain | garden structure | healing | men | New Testament | nude | pool | religious and mythological subject | sick | sick people lying near the pool of Bethesda ~ Christ healing paralytics (John 5:1-9) | trees | water | women
- Associated People:
- Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42085
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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