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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Aristaeus Compels Proteus to Give His Responses

1732

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Aristaeus Compels Proteus to Give His Responses

1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Plate: 458 x 284 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 3/16 in.) Plate: 353 x 256 mm. (13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 344 x 244 mm. (13 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.13007
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). It has the same ornate frame as 1946.112.12986 amd 1946.112.13028.
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower right: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "ARISTÉE FERCE PROTÉE À RENDRE SES ORACLES. / Aristaeus compels Proteus to give his Responses. / Aristoeus zwingt dem Protheus zum Weissagen / Aristeas dwingt Proteus tot Voorseggingen."; in plate, at bottom left: 'B. Picart del.'; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "32"

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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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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