Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Penelope’s Web

1732

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Penelope’s Web

1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 355 x 255 mm. (14 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 343 x 243 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 9/16 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 1946.112.13028

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). It has the same decorated frame as 1946.112.12986 and 1946.112.13007.

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

Signed: 1

Inscribed: recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "LA TOILE DE PENELOPE. / Penelope's Web. / Das Tuch von Penelope. / 't Linnen van Penelope."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right, in graphite: "53".