Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 454 x 289 mm. (17 7/8 x 11 3/8 in.)
Image: 371 x 288 mm. (14 5/8 x 11 5/16 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
1946.112.12976
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).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, at center: "De / Tempel / der / Zang-Godinnen. / T'Amsterdam, / By Z: Chatelain."; in plate, lower left of image: "B. Picart invenit 1732." on sheet, at bottom, in graphite: "Frontispiece of other work of van de "Zabel Oudhad" - B. Picart re / Amsterdam - Zacharias Chatelain / MDCCXXXIII - 1733"; in sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "1"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "A"
Markings: CM: Claghorn: WM: Fleur-de-lis
