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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Actaeon Turned into a Stag, and Devoured by His Dogs

1730-1732

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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"

Artist

Bernard Picart

1672–1732

French, 1673-1733
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Artist

Cornelis Bloemaert

2000–1691

Dutch, c. 1603-1692
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Artist

Theodor Matham

1604–1675

Dutch, 1605/6-1676
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Artist

Pierre Brebiette

1597–1649

French, 1598-1650
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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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