Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Nymph Echo Changed into Sound
1729
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
The Nymph Echo Changed into Sound
1729
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 284 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Plate: 350 x 253 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 342 x 242 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 1/2 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
1946.112.13016
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 37, "Echo". The design is not inverted.
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "La nymphe Echo changé en voix. / The Nymph Echo changed into Sound. / Die Nymphe Echo in einem Wieder Schall verändert. / De Nymphe Echo in een Stemme verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "42"
