Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Orpheus, Leading Eurydice Out of Hell, Looks Back Upon Her, and Loses Her Forever
1729
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Pierre Brebiette
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Orpheus, Leading Eurydice Out of Hell, Looks Back Upon Her, and Loses Her Forever
1729
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 358 x 258 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Image: 348 x 249 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13032
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower right: "B. Picart dir."; "ORPHÉE, RAMENANT EURYDICE DES ENFERS, SE TOURNE POUR LA REGARDER, & LA PERD POUR JAMAIS. / Orpheus, leading Eurydice out of Hell, looks back upon her, and looses her forever. / Des Orpheus unglückliches zurück Schauen. / Orpheus Eurydice uyt de Helle wederbrengende verliest haar voor eeuwig."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "57"
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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