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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Prometheus tortured by a Vultur

1732

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Prometheus tortured by a Vultur

1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 356 x 255 mm. (14 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 347 x 248 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.12983
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 6, "Promethée"
Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes ont été portées dans les ventes publiques s nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes ont été portées dans les ventes publiques (Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1854-1888) vol. 3, p. 192, no. 85-146.

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in inner plate, lower left, below the image: "B. Picart del."; in inner plate, lower center: "Promethée déchiré par un vautour / Prometheus tortured by a Vultur / Prometheus durch einen Geyer zerrissen / Prometheus door een Gier verscheurt"; in outer plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "8"

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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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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