Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Phineus Delivered From the Harpies by Calais and Zethes
1730-1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
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
Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
1595–1674
Flemish, 1596 - 1675
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Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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