Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Arethusa Pursued by Alpheus
1730-1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Arethusa Pursued by Alpheus
1730-1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 458 x 285 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 354 x 255 mm. (13 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 342 x 247 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13010
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: "ARETHUSE, POURSUIVIE PAR ALPHÉE, EST CHANGÉE EN FONTAINE. / Arethusa pursued by Alpheus. / Arethusa, durch Alpheus verfolgt, wirdt verändert in einen Brunnen. / Arethusa, door Alpheus vervolgt, werdt in een Fonteyn verandert."; in plate, lower left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "35".
Artist
Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
1595–1674
Flemish, 1596 - 1675
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Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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