Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus United in one Body
1730-1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist ?: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist ?: François de Poilly
- Artist ?: Nicolas de Poilly
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus United in one Body
1730-1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 357 x 255 mm. (14 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 350 x 250 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13011
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). Plate 31 depicting "Salmacis et Hermaphrodite" is usually a replacement by (François or Nicolas) Poilly because Bloemaert's engraving was considered "trop libre"; see Jacques-Charles Brunet, "Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres". vol. 3 (Paris: Silvestre), p. 285.
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "SALMACIS & HERMAPHRODITE UNIS EN UN SEUL CORPS. / Salmacis and Hermaphroditus united in one body. / Salmacis und Hermaphroditus werden beyde nur ein Leib / Salmacis en Hermafroditus in een lichaam vereenigt."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731"; at bottom right, in graphite: "36".
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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