Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Phineus Delivered From the Harpies by Calais and Zethes

1730

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Phineus Delivered From the Harpies by Calais and Zethes

1730

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.)

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 1946.112.13025

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".