Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Atlas Supports the Heavens on His Shoulders
1730
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
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.)
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.
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"
