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Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The House of Sleep

1730-1732

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The House of Sleep

1730-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 358 x 253 mm. (14 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 347 x 249 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.13038
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 based on plate 58, "Palais du sommeil".
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart sculp. dir."; in plate, lower center: "Le palais du sommeil. / The House of Sleep. / Der Pallast von dem Schlaff. / Het Palleys van den Slaap."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right of sheet in graphite: "63"

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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Publisher

Zacharias Châtelain

1704–1732

Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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