Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Actaeon Turned into a Stag, and Devoured by His Dogs
1730-1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Pierre Brebiette
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Actaeon Turned into a Stag, and Devoured by His Dogs
1730-1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 458 x 284 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Plate: 350 x 251 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Image: 342 x 244 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12999
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). This print is based on plate 19, "Acteon". See Holstein, BLOEMAERT 90-148 for the attribution of the drawing to Pierre Brebiette.
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto, in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "Acteon changé en cerf, & dévouré par ses chiens. / Actaeon turned into a Stag, and devoured by his Dogs. / Acteon in einen Birch verändert, undt durch seine Hunden berzehret. / Acteon in een Hart verandert, en door syne Honden verslonden"; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731"; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "24"
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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