Mislukte zelfmoord op altaar Olimpia (titel op object), RP-P-1907-2282, Simon Fokke, between 1764 and 1782

Identification title(s): failed suicide on altar. Olimpia (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1907-2282. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: view of an altar where a woman wants to stab herself with a knife. A rushing priest intervenes. Figures walk around the altar, two women kneel at a sacrificial column. This print was made for voltaire's tragedy "olimpia". Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: simon fokke (mentioned on object), according to own design by: simon fokke (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1764 - 1782. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 137 mm × w 90 mm. Subject: what: tragedyself-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose - ee - death not certain; wounded person. Acquisition: purchase 1907. Date: between 1764 and 1782.