Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Argonauts Pass the Symplegades
1731, published 1733
Scroll
- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
The Argonauts Pass the Symplegades
1731, published 1733
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
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".
