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.)

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 1946.112.12980

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"

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

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"