Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Atlas Supports the Heavens on His Shoulders

1730

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Atlas Supports the Heavens on His Shoulders

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 458 x 286 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 352 x 256 mm. (13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 344 x 247 mm. (13 9/16 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 1946.112.13021

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

Malcolm Daniel, The Baltimore Museum of Art traveling exhibition, "Mythprints," 1981-82, circulated to Essex Community College; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson; St. John's College, Annapolis; Salisbury State College; Washington College, Chestertown; Western Maryland College, Westminster.

The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Mythprints," exhibition brochure, 1981-82, cat. 10.

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "ATLAS PORTE LE CIEL SUR SES ÉPAULES. / Atlas Supports the Heavens on His Shoulders. / Altas trägt den Himmel auf seine Schultern / Atlas draagt den Hemel op syne Schouders."; in plate, at bottom left> "B. Picart del. 1731"; at bottom right, in graphite: "46"