The Good Samaritan Tending the Traveller's Wounds with Oil and Wine or The Priest and the Levite Passing, from "The Parable of the Good Samaritan"
At left, the Good Samaritan leans to tend to the traveller. In the background at center, a Levite with a book walking right towards a priest. Plate 2 from a series of four engravings depicting Luke 10:30–35.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Good Samaritan Tending the Traveller's Wounds with Oil and Wine or The Priest and the Levite Passing, from "The Parable of the Good Samaritan"
- Series/Portfolio: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Artist: Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502–1555/1561 Soest)
- Date: 1554
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (7.9 × 10.9 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957
- Object Number: 57.658.71(2)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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