Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Danaids Condemned to Fill Bored Vessels with Water
1730, published 1733
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
The Danaids Condemned to Fill Bored Vessels with Water
1730, published 1733
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 284 mm. (18 x 11 3/16 in.)
Plate: 357 x 258 mm. (14 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Image: 348 x 248 mm. (13 11/16 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
1946.112.13037
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B Picart scupl. dir."; in plate, lower center: "Les Danaïdes comdamnées à remplir d'eau un tonneau percé. / The Danaids condemned to fill bored vessels with water. / Die Danaïdes veretheilt, umb ein durch löchert fass mit wasser zu fullen. / De Danaïdes veroordeelt, om een doorboort vat met water te vulle."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "62"
