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.)

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 1946.112.12983

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"

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

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"