Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Danaids Condemned to Fill Bored Vessels with Water
1729
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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
1729
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
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). This print is based on plate 57, "Les Danaides".
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"
