Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus United in one Body

1730

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Salmacis and Hermaphroditus United in one Body

1730

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

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".