Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Pan pursues Syrinx: she is metamorphosed into a Reed

1730

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Pan pursues Syrinx: she is metamorphosed into a Reed

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 288 mm. (18 x 11 5/16 in.) Sheet: 350 x 253 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 340 x 246 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 11/16 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 1946.112.12989

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: "Pan poursuit Syrinx, qui est transforméee en Reseau. / Pan pursues Syrinx: she is metamorphosed into a Reed. / Pan verfolget Seyrinx, welche in ein rohr verändert wirdt. / Pan vervolgt Syrinx, de welke in riedt verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. PIcart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "14"