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This painting depicts the parable of the Good Samaritan told in Saint Luke's Gospel, chapter 10, verses 25–37. The wounded traveller reclines against a rock, a bandage around his left forearm, while the Samaritan bends over him anointing a wound. The Priest is on higher ground, while the Levite can be seen in dark green, half hidden by bushes. There is a dog to the left and the Samaritan's horse stands in the right foreground, reins thrown over a branch, in a hilly landscape. A cartouche at the foot of the painting contains part of the biblical text. According to J. Nichols and G. Steevens, ‘The Genuine Works of William Hogarth’, (London, 1810), the figures were painted by William Hogarth and the landscape by George Lambert. According to Nichols and Steevens, Hogarth requested that the painting never be varnished.
Title
The Good Samaritan
Date
1736–1737
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 508 x W 418 cm
Accession number
SBHX7/8.1
Acquisition method
presented by the artists, 1737
Work type
Painting