Bernard Picart and Zacharias Châtelain
Lycaon Metamorphosed into a Wolf
1730-1732
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 355 x 256 mm. (14 x 10 1/16 in.)
Image: 350 x 249 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12995
This is one of the few plates in the book that is not based on Cornelis Bloemaert's engravings for Michel de Marolles' "Tableau du Temple des Muses" (Paris, 1655).
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: "Lycaon transformé en loup. / Lycaon Metamorphosed into a Wolf. / Lycaon in einem Wolf verändert. / Lycaon in een Wolf verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "20"
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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