Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Acheloüs, in the Shape of a Bull, Is Vainquished by Hercules

1730

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Acheloüs, in the Shape of a Bull, Is Vainquished by Hercules

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 352 x 254 mm. (13 7/8 x 10 in.) Image: 342 x 245 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Portfolio/Series From the book "Tafereel, Of Beschryving van den prachtigen Tempel der Zang-Godinnen," (Amsterdam: Chatelain, 1733) by Antoine La Barre de Beaumarchais (d. 1757)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.13002

This publication is based on Michel de Marolles' "Tableau du Temple des Muses" (Paris, 1655), with fifty-nine engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert (and Theodor Matham etching the backgrounds) and one (showing Salmacis) by Poilly; after drawings by Abraham van Diepenbeeck and Pierre Brebiette illustrating the art collection of Jacques Favereau (1590-1675).

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "LE FLEUVE ACHELOÜS, SOUS LA FORME D'UN TAUREAU, VAINCU PAR HERCULE. / Ancheloüs in the shape of a Bull, is vanquished by Hercules. / Ancheloüs, unter der gestalt eines Stiers, von dem Hercules überwunden. / Ancheloüs, onder de gedaante van een Stier, door Hercules overwonnen."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "27"