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The Good Samaritan

Print
ca.1683-88 (made)
Artist/Maker
Robert Robinson (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A black and white mezzotint depicting a scene from the parable of the Good Samaritan. The image illustrates a rural scene with hills in the background and trees in the foreground as well as a dilapidated wooden building. It shows the Good Samaritan washing the wounds of the injured traveller, who is nude, laid on the floor in front of a horse.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Biblical Imagery
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Print
TitleThe Good Samaritan (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print by Robert Robinson, 'The Good Samaritan', mezzotint, ca. 1683-1688
Physical description
A black and white mezzotint depicting a scene from the parable of the Good Samaritan. The image illustrates a rural scene with hills in the background and trees in the foreground as well as a dilapidated wooden building. It shows the Good Samaritan washing the wounds of the injured traveller, who is nude, laid on the floor in front of a horse.
Dimensions
  • Size of plate height: 22.4cm
  • Size of plate width: 18.7cm
  • Size of sheet height: 23.1cm
  • Size of sheet width: 19.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Subjects depicted
Horse
Trees
Hills
Good Samaritan
Literary referenceThe Good Samaritan
Bibliographic references
  • Ganz, J. A. Fancy Pieces: Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries. New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, 1994.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2937-1995

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Record createdMarch 31, 2009
Record URL
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