Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Moon and Endymion

1730

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The Moon and Endymion

1730

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 285 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 354 x 254 mm. (13 15/16 x 10 in.) Image: 342 x 246 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 11/16 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 1946.112.12994

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 15, "Endimion"

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

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "La lune et Endymion. / The Moon and Endymion. / Der Mondt und Endymion. / De Maane en Endymion."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "19"