A Visit to Aesculapius
Title
A Visit to Aesculapius
Date Created
1880
Creator
E. J. Poynter
Medium
Oil on canvas
Format
1511 x 2286 mm
Source
Thomas Watson (1555-1592), Hekatompathia, Sonnet XX:
In time long past, when in Diana's chase
A bramble bush prick'd Venus in the foot,
Old AEsculapius help'd her heavy case
Before the hurt had taken any root:
Wherehence although his beard were crisping hard
She yielded him a kiss for his reward.
In time long past, when in Diana's chase
A bramble bush prick'd Venus in the foot,
Old AEsculapius help'd her heavy case
Before the hurt had taken any root:
Wherehence although his beard were crisping hard
She yielded him a kiss for his reward.
Subject
Aesculapius, god of healing and medicine (the Roman counterpart of the Greek Asclepius)
Description
The draped and bearded Aesculapius, seated on a columned portico, gazes thoughtfully at the thorn in the foot of a nude young woman. She can be identified as Venus by the doves fluttering overhead--her attributes--and by the three Graces--her handmaidens--disposed in the traditional style.
Rights
Available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported) license
Identifier
N01586
Contributor
Tate Britain, London. Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1880.
Omeka record contributed by Linda Merrill
Date Submitted
October 4, 2016
Date
2014
Source
Tate, London
URL
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/poynter-a-visit-to-aesculapius-n01586
Files
Collection
Reference
A Visit to Aesculapius, E. J. Poynter
Cite As
E. J. Poynter, “A Visit to Aesculapius,” Victorian Artists at Home, accessed October 22, 2026, https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/items/show/65.
Item Relations
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