Bernard Picart
Dedication plate to “De Tempel der Zang-Godinnen” Ornamental shield, with coat-of-arms, and various attributes surrounding it.
1732
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Bernard Picart
Dedication plate to “De Tempel der Zang-Godinnen” Ornamental shield, with coat-of-arms, and various attributes surrounding it.
1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 134 x 247 mm. (5 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Plate: 113 x 195 mm. (4 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Image: 102 x 189 mm. (4 x 7 7/16 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
1946.112.12977
Dedication on Verso
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).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart invenit 1733." Verso: "Word met alle Schuldige eerbied / deze Berschryving van den / prachtigen Tempel / der / Zang-Gidinnen, / Opgedragen en Toegeeigend."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "2"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
