Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing stones behind them
1730
Scroll
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing stones behind them
1730
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
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). The print is based on plate 4, "Pyrrha"
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"
