An Emerald Vessel (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. I, plate 5)

Aubry de La Mottraye|Guiseppe Grisoni|William Hogarth

1723–24 · Etching and engraving · Drawings and Prints

Hogarth made this print early in his career to illustrate a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. The related text notes that this emerald vessel preserved at Genoa in the cathedral, was believed to have been given to Solomon by the Queen of Sheba, and then used by Christ at the Last Supper.

Artist

Aubry de La Mottraye|Guiseppe Grisoni|William Hogarth

Date

1723–24

Medium

Etching and engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932