Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna

1730

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Enceladus buried under Mount Aetna

1730

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"