Title
'The Good Samaritan', 1772. Artist: Ravend
Caption
'The Good Samaritan', 1772. The Samaritan pours oil onto the man's wound. Behind the Samaritan a dog licks its wounds. In the distance are two of the men who did not stop to help. The scene is based on the parable as recorded by St Luke. The Samaritan was the only man who stopped to help a man who had been beaten and robbed. Samaritans in the time of Christ were a people despised by the Hebrews. The engraving was taken from an original painting that Hogarth created for St Bartholomew's Hospital.
Museum of London
Date
1772
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London
Reference
HRM19A84_284
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (4,0Mb) / 15,9in x 12,2in / 4769 x 3662 (300dpi)