Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna
1731, published 1733
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna
1731, published 1733
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.)
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
1946.112.12981
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"
