Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Castor and Pollux, or the Twins

1730

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Castor and Pollux, or the Twins

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Plate: 458 x 289 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Plate: 359 x 256 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 349 x 245 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 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 1946.112.13005

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 left: "B. Picart sculp. dir."; in plate, lower center: "CASTOR ET POLLUX, OU LES GEMEAUX. / Castor and Pollux, or the Twins. / Castor und Pollux, oder die Zwillinge. / Castor en Pollux, of de Tweelingen."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right, in graphite: "30"