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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Giants attempt to Scale Heaven by Piling Mountains upon on another

1730

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The Giants attempt to Scale Heaven by Piling Mountains upon on another

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 290 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Plate: 356 x 254 mm. (14 x 10 in.) Image: 350 x 249 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.12980
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). The print in based on plate 2, "Les Geants"
Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des gravures toutes les nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes ont été portées dans les ventes publiques s nations, dans lequel sont décrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes ont été portées dans les ventes publiques (Paris: Émile Bouillon, 1854-1888) vol. 3, p. 192, no. 85-146.

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "Les géants, ou les titans, entassent les montagnes / pour escalader le ciel // The Giants attempt to Scale Heaven by Piling Mountains / upon on another // Die Riefen wollen den Himmel stürmen // De Reufen stapen de Bergen op malkander, / om den Hemel te bestormen"; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "5"

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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Artist

Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck

1595–1674

Flemish, 1596 - 1675
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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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