Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
The Palladium
1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Pierre Brebiette
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
The Palladium
1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 350 x 252 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 340 x 244 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13030
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).
It has the same decorated frame as
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "LA PALLADIUM, OU LA MINERVE DES TROYENS. / "The Palladium. / Das Palladium, oder das Götzen Bild der Minerba zu Troja. / Het Palladium of de Minerva der Trojaanen."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "55".
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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