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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Argonauts Pass the Symplegades

1730-1732

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The Argonauts Pass the Symplegades

1730-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 355 x 254 mm. (14 x 10 in.) Image: 343 x 247 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.13009
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).
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "PASSAGE DES ARGONAUTES À TRAVERS LES SYMPLEGADES, OU LES CYANÉES. / The Argonauts pass the Symplegades. / Zug der Argonauten über die Inselen Symplegades. / Toght der Argonauten over de Eylanden Symplegades."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right, in graphite: "34".

Artist

Bernard Picart

1672–1732

French, 1673-1733
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Artist

Cornelis Bloemaert

2000–1691

Dutch, c. 1603-1692
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Artist

Theodor Matham

1604–1675

Dutch, 1605/6-1676
Meet Theodor Matham

Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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