Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Deluge

1730, published 1733

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The Deluge

1730, published 1733

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 455 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 358 x 258 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.) Image: 343 x 244 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 5/8 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 1946.112.12984

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B Picart invenit 1731."; in plate, lower center: "Le déluge. / The Deluge. / Der Gründflusz. / De Sondvloedt."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "9"