Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Prometheus tortured by a Vultur

published 1733

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Prometheus tortured by a Vultur

published 1733

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

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"