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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Death of Hercules

1732

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The Death of Hercules

1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 283 mm. (18 x 11 1/8 in.) Plate: 357 x 256 mm. (14 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 348 x 249 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.13004
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). It has the same decorated frame as 1946.112.13032.
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "LA MORT D'HERCULE. / The death of Hercules. / Der Todt von Hercules. / De Doodt van Hercules."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "29"

Artist

Bernard Picart

1672–1732

French, 1673-1733
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Artist

Cornelis Bloemaert

2000–1691

Dutch, c. 1603-1692
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Artist

Theodor Matham

1604–1675

Dutch, 1605/6-1676
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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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