Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Perseus Cuts Off Medusa’s Head
1730, published 1733
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Perseus Cuts Off Medusa’s Head
1730, published 1733
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 289 mm. (18 x 11 3/8 in.)
Plate: 352 x 253 mm. (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 344 x 250 mm. (13 9/16 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
1946.112.13019
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "Persée coupe la tête à Meduse. / Perseus cuts off Medusa's head. / Perseus enthauptet die Medusa. / Perseus onthooft Medusa."; in plate, at bottom left: "P. Picart del. 1730."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "44"
