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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna

1730-1732

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Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna

1730-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 455 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 357 x 258 mm. (14 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Image: 351 x 248 mm. (13 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.12981
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 7, "Encelade".
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "Encelade préecipité sous le Mount Ethna / Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna / Enceladus unter dem Berg Æthna bedeckt/ Enceladus onder den Berg Ethna bedeckt"; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "6"

Artist

Bernard Picart

1672–1732

French, 1673-1733
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Artist

Cornelis Bloemaert

2000–1691

Dutch, c. 1603-1692
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Artist

Theodor Matham

1604–1675

Dutch, 1605/6-1676
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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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