Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux, the Guardians of Mariners

1729-1732

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The Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux, the Guardians of Mariners

1729-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 283 mm. (18 x 11 1/8 in.) Plate: 357 x 259 mm. (14 1/16 x 10 3/16 in.) Image: 347 x 249 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.13006

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 right: "B. Picart dir."; in plate, lower center: "LES DIOSCURES, OU CASTOR & POLLUX, PROTECTEURS DES nAUTONNIERS. / The Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux, the Guardians of Mariners / Die Dioscuri, oder Castor und Pollux Beschützer der Schiffleuthe / De Dioscuri, of Castor en Pollux, Beschermers der Zeevaarende."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730."; at bottom right, in graphite: "31"