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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing stones behind them

1731, published 1733

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Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing stones behind them

1731, published 1733

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 287 mm. (18 x 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 358 x 259 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.) Image: 343 x 244 mm. (13 1/2 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 1946.112.12985
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "Deucalion & Pyrrha repeuplent la terre, en jetant / des pierres derriere eux. // Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing / stones behind them. // Deucalion und Pyrrha bevölken die Erde wieder indem / sie Steine hinter sich werffen. // Deucalion en Pyrrha bevolken de Aarde op niews, / met het werpen van steenen achter haar."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "10"

Artist

Bernard Picart

French, 1673-1733

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Artist

Theodor Matham

Dutch, 1605/6-1676

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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733

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