The dying Alcestis is surrounded by her family. Engraving by Francesco Rosaspina after J.H. Tischbein, 1785.

  • Tischbein, Johann Heinrich.
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1785
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38253i
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1785 (Ant[oni]o Landini, 1785)

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1 print : engraving ; image 21 x 28.2 cm

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Alceste moribonda ; Quadro sistente nella Accademia Clementina in Bologna ; F.H. Tischbein pinse ; Fran. Rosaspina inc. 1785

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E. Bénézit lists two artists by the name of J.H. Tischbein: Johann Heinrich Tischbein, the elder (1722-1789) and Johann Heinrich Tischbein, the younger ( 1742-1808)

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Wellcome Collection 38253i

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