Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Cygnus transformed to a Swan, and Phaeton’s Sisters into Poplars
1730-1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Pierre Brebiette
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Cygnus transformed to a Swan, and Phaeton’s Sisters into Poplars
1730-1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 454 x 287 mm. (17 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 355 x 255 mm. (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 342 x 247 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12987
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). This print is based on plate 9, "Cyenus"
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: recto: in plate, lower center: "Cygnus changé en cigne, & les sours de Phaëdon en pleupiers. / Cygnus transformed to a Swan, and Phaeton's Sisters into Poplars. / Cygnus in einen Schwaan, undt die Schwestern des Phaëdon in Pappeln verändert. / Cygnus in een Swaan, en de Susters van Phaëdon in Popelier-boomen verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "12"
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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