Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Alcyone and Ceyx Transformed into Halcyons

1729

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Alcyone and Ceyx Transformed into Halcyons

1729

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

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: 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".