- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Sisyphus’s Stone
1729
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 352 x 253 mm. (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 345 x 249 mm. (13 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13036
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower right: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "SISYPHE CONDAMNÉ À ROULER UNE PIERRE SUR LE / HAUT D'UNE MONTAGNE D'OÙ ELLE RETOMBE À L'INSTANT. / Sisyphus's Stone. / Des Gisyphus unaufhörliches Steinwaltzen. / De opgewerkte steen van Sisyphus rolt'telkens te rug."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. PCIart del. 1730."; at bottom left of sheet, in graphite: "61"
Artist
Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
1595–1674
Flemish, 1596 - 1675
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Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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