Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Glaucus Changed Into a Sea-God

1730

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Glaucus Changed Into a Sea-God

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 458 x 291 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Plate: 358 x 257 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 1/8 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 1946.112.13008

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).

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "GLAUCUS CHANGÉ EN DIEU-MARIN. / Glaucus changed into a Sea-God. / Glaucus in einen Meer-Gott verändert. / Glaucus in een Zée-Godt verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "33".