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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Phineus Delivered From the Harpies by Calais and Zethes

1730-1732

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Phineus Delivered From the Harpies by Calais and Zethes

1730-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 282 mm. (18 x 11 1/8 in.) Plate: 357 x 253 mm. (14 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 457 x 247 mm. (18 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.13025
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). This print is based on plate
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart sculp. dir."; in plate, lower center: "Phinée délivré des harpyes par Calaïs & Zethes. / Phineus delivered from the Harpies by Calais and Zethes. / Phineus wird die abscheülichen Harpyen los. / Phineus can de Harpyen verlost, door Calaïs en Zethes."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "50".

Artist

Bernard Picart

1672–1732

French, 1673-1733
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Artist

Cornelis Bloemaert

2000–1691

Dutch, c. 1603-1692
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Artist

Theodor Matham

1604–1675

Dutch, 1605/6-1676
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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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