Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Argonauts Pass the Symplegades
1730
Scroll
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
The Argonauts Pass the Symplegades
1730
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.)
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
1946.112.13009
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".
