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.)

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 1946.112.13004

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"