Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus United in one Body
1731, published 1733
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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
1731, published 1733
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.)
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
1946.112.13011
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".
