Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Alcyone and Ceyx Transformed into Halcyons
1730-1731, published 1733
Scroll
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Alcyone and Ceyx Transformed into Halcyons
1730-1731, published 1733
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 284 mm. (18 x 11 3/16 in.)
Plate: 355 x 254 mm. (14 x 10 in.)
Image: 344 x 244 mm. (13 9/16 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
1946.112.13013
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "LES ALCYONS; OU CEYX & ALCONE TRANSFORMÉS EN OISEUX. / Alcyone and Ceyx transformed into Halcyons. / Die Alcyonen, oder Ceyx undt Alcyone in vögel verämdert. / De Alcyones, of Ceyx en Alcyone in volgels verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right, in graphite: "38".
