Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Tithonus, Arura’s Husband, Turned into a Grasshopper
1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Tithonus, Arura’s Husband, Turned into a Grasshopper
1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 284 mm. (18 x 11 3/16 in.)
Plate: 351 x 254 mm. (13 13/16 x 10 in.)
Image: 340 x 245 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12996
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 paint is based on plate 16, "Tython"
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: "Tithon, mari de l'Aurore, changé en cigale. / Tithonus, Arura's husband, turned into a Grasshopper. / Tithonus, Mann von Aurora, in eine Grill verändert. / Tithon, Aurora's Man, in een Kreekel verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; On sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "21"
Artist
Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
1595–1674
Flemish, 1596 - 1675
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Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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