Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Tantlus’s Torment
1730, published 1733
Scroll
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Tantlus’s Torment
1730, published 1733
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Plate: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 356 x 253 mm. (14 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 347 x 247 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
1946.112.13034
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: "TANTALE CONDAMNÉ À SOUFFRIR LA FAIM & LA SOIF, MALGRÉ LES FRIUTS & LES EAUX QUI L'ENVIRONNENT. / Tantalus's torment. / Des Tantalus Wunderbahre bestrafung. / Tantalus midden onder Vrugten en Wateren, tot honger en dorst verweesen."; in plate, at bottom right: "B. Picart del. 1730."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "59"
