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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Hell

1730, published 1733

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Hell

1730, published 1733

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 351 x 254 mm. (13 13/16 x 10 in.) Image: 342 x 250 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 13/16 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 1946.112.13033
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart direx."; in plate, lower center: "LES ENFERS. / Hell. / Die Hell. / De Helle."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "58"

Artist

Bernard Picart

French, 1673-1733

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Artist

Theodor Matham

Dutch, 1605/6-1676

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Artist

Pierre Brebiette

French, 1598-1650

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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733

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