Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Castor and Pollux, or the Twins

1730-1732

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Castor and Pollux, or the Twins

1730-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Plate: 458 x 289 mm. (18 1/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Plate: 359 x 256 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 349 x 245 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.13005

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).

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

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart sculp. dir."; in plate, lower center: "CASTOR ET POLLUX, OU LES GEMEAUX. / Castor and Pollux, or the Twins. / Castor und Pollux, oder die Zwillinge. / Castor en Pollux, of de Tweelingen."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right, in graphite: "30"