Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The House of Sleep

1730

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The House of Sleep

1730

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.)

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 1946.112.13038

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"