Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Arion Preserved by a Dolphin

1732

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Arion Preserved by a Dolphin

1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 458 x 290 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Plate: 348 x 252 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 341 x 244 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.13018

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 38, "Arion"

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

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "Arion sauvé par un dauphin. / Arion preserved by a Dolphin. / Arion durch einen Delphin errettet. / Arion door een Dolfyn behouden"; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "43"