Sébastien Bourdon
French, 1616-1671
To Bury the Dead, from The Works of Mercy
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Sébastien Bourdon
French, 1616-16711656–57
To Bury the Dead, from The Works of Mercy
Sébastien Bourdon French, 1616-1671 →engravingprint
Date
1656–57
Medium
Engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 42.2 × 57.5 cm (16 5/8 × 22 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Suzanne Lord Folds Endowment Fund
One of the founders of the Academy, Sébastien Bourdon was considered one of the finest painters of his day, producing works in the classical vocabulary of Nicolas Poussin. He studied in Rome, worked in Paris and Sweden, and during 1656 and 1657 was called back to his native Montpellier where he executed seven compositions, The Works of Mercy, recalling the Seven Sacraments of Poussin. This scene is the last, depicting Tobias burying the victims of Sennacherib.
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