Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Chaos

1730

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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.)

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 1946.112.12979

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