Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux, the Guardians of Mariners

1729

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The Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux, the Guardians of Mariners

1729

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 283 mm. (18 x 11 1/8 in.) Plate: 357 x 259 mm. (14 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Image: 347 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 1946.112.13006

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).

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

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower right: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "LES DIOSCURES, OU CASTOR & POLLUX, PROTECTEURS DES nAUTONNIERS. / The Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux, the Guardians of Mariners / Die Dioscuri, oder Castor und Pollux Beschützer der Schiffleuthe / De Dioscuri, of Castor en Pollux, Beschermers der Zeevaarende."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730."; at bottom right, in graphite: "31"