Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Pandora’s Box

1729

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Pandora’s Box

1729

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 289 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Plate: 352 x 253 mm. (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 343 x 249 mm. (13 1/2 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 1946.112.12982

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 5, "Pandore".

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

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in inner plate, lowe left, below the image: ""B. Picart deir."; in inner plate, lower center: "La boëte de Pandore. / Pandora's Box. / Die Büchse der Pandora. / De Doos van Pandora."; in ourter plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "7"