Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Pan pursues Syrinx: she is metamorphosed into a Reed

1730-1732

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Pan pursues Syrinx: she is metamorphosed into a Reed

1730-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 288 mm. (18 x 11 5/16 in.) Sheet: 350 x 253 mm. (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 340 x 246 mm. (13 3/8 x 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.12989

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 center: "Pan poursuit Syrinx, qui est transforméee en Reseau. / Pan pursues Syrinx: she is metamorphosed into a Reed. / Pan verfolget Seyrinx, welche in ein rohr verändert wirdt. / Pan vervolgt Syrinx, de welke in riedt verandert."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. PIcart del. 1731."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "14"