Hippolitus Death of Hippolytus
Printmaker:
Earlom, Richard
Publisher:
Evans, Benjamin Beale
Painter:
Rubens, Peter Paul
(After)
After the oil painting on copper by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), (1611-c.1613; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, PD.8-1979). The finished state of Earlom's print references Ovid's telling of the story, 'The Transformation of Hippolytus' with the inscription: "Vide Ovid Metamorphoses, Book the 15th". In Ovid, Hippolytus recounts what happened to him as he was driving his chariot along the seashore having been banished by his father, Theseus who falsely believed him to have raped his step-mother, Phaedra. To avenge his wife, Theseus had banished his son and asked his father, Poseidon to curse him. Poseidon sent a monster to frighten Hippolytus' horses so that he could no longer control them and was dragged to his death. The scene shows Hippolytus thrown from his chariot onto a beach, his horses rearing up before the bull/fish monster. Triton blows his conch shell at far left and two figures flee to the right.
Bequeathed by the Rev. R. E. Kerrich, 1872 (received 1873)
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1873) by Kerrich, Richard Edward
18th Century#
1796
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1797-01-07
1797
Mezzotint with etching and stipple, printed in black ink. Scratched letter proof with thread margins, before the dedication to the Duke of Bedford (the previous owner of the Rubens painting) was added (See BM 1873,0809.172). Lettered below image at lower left: 'P.P Rubens Pinx.t' and at lower right: 'R.d Earlom Sculp 1796 fe'. Publication details scratched below the image at the centre: 'Pub.d Jan.y 7th 1797, by B.B. Evans in the Poultry, London'. The title engraved in open roman letters below: 'HIPPOLITUS'. Inscribed in graphite in the margin at lower right: '?5-3 / Kerrich'. Inscribed in graphite in large script on the verso: '405'.
Accession number: P.14994-R
Primary reference Number: 240041
Wessely (Earlom): 82
Lugt: L.1568
Chaloner Smith: undescribed
Voorhelm Schneevoogt: 130.99
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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