Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Chaos
1730
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
The Chaos
1730
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 455 x 288 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 351 x 253 mm. (13 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 343 x 241 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12979
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). The print is based on plate 1, "Le Chaos".
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower right of image: "A. Diepenbeck fig."; in plate, lower left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; in plate, at bottom center of the image: "Le chaos, ou l'origine du monde. / The Chaos. / De Chaos, of d'Oorfpronk der Wereldt. / De Chaos, of d'Oorfpronk der Wereldt."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "4"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
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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