Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Cassandra Foretelles the Trojans Their Fate, and Is Not Hearkened To

1730

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Cassandra Foretelles the Trojans Their Fate, and Is Not Hearkened To

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 458 x 285 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 353 x 254 mm. (13 7/8 x 10 in.) Image: 343 x 242 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 1/2 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 1946.112.13029

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). In the 1655 edition of "The Temple of the Muses" it is indicated that the source for this print (no. 49, engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert) is a drawing by van Diepenbeeck. Hollstein, who refers to the 1665 edition, attributes the source to Pierre Brebriette, however. See Holstein, C. BLOEMAERT 90-148. It has the same ornate frame as 1946.112.13012.

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "CASSANDRE PRÉDIT AUX TROYENS LE MALHEUR QUI LES MENACE, & N'EST POINT ECOUTÉE. / Cassandra foretelles the Trojans their fate, and is not hearkened to. / Cassandra sagt den Tryoanern ihr dräuwende Ungluck zuvor, undt wierdt nicht geglaubt. / Cassandra voorsegt den Trojaanen haar dreygendt ongeluk, en werdt niet gelooft."; IN PLATE, LOWER LEFT: "b. pICART DEL. 1731."