The Good Samaritan (St. Luke, Chap. 10, verse 30)
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 16 3/4 x 22 5/16 in. (42.5 x 56.7 cm) Small lower plate: 2 5/16 x 22 5/16 in. (5.8 x 56.7 cm) Sheet: 19 7/8 x 23 in. (50.5 x 58.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Sarah Lazarus, 1891
Accession Number
91.1.127
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
William Hogarth|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|Jean Marie Delattre|John & Josiah Boydell · 1697–1764
William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, and pictorial satirist who became the first great English-born artist to attract admiration abroad. Born into poverty in London, the son of a failed schoolmaster who was imprisoned for debt, Hogarth's early experiences with the harsh realities of 18th-century urban life profoundly shaped his artistic vision. After apprenticing with si...