Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Deluge

1729

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The Deluge

1729

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

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 loosely based on Bloemaert's print (plate 3 "Le Deluge"), although it bears important differeces. Thus the inscription "B. 'Picart invenit"

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"