Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Pandora’s Box
1730, published 1733
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Pandora’s Box
1730, published 1733
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
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"
