Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 286 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 in.)
Plate: 358 x 253 mm. (14 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Image: 347 x 244 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.13017
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). However, this print is not based on Bloemaert's design. For comparison, see plate 36 in Marolles' book.
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: "Narcisse changé en fleur. / Narcissus is changed into a flower. / Narcissus in eine Blumme verändert. / Narcissus in eene Bloeme verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; at bottom right of sheet, in graphite: "42"
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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