Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Arethusa Pursued by Alpheus

1730

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Arethusa Pursued by Alpheus

1730

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.)

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 1946.112.13010

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".