Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Penelope’s Web

published 1733

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Penelope’s Web

published 1733

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

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".