Bernard Picart
Dedication plate to “De Tempel der Zang-Godinnen” Ornamental shield, with coat-of-arms, and various attributes surrounding it.
1732
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Bernard Picart
Dedication plate to “De Tempel der Zang-Godinnen” Ornamental shield, with coat-of-arms, and various attributes surrounding it.
1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 134 x 247 mm. (5 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Plate: 113 x 195 mm. (4 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Image: 102 x 189 mm. (4 x 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12977
Dedication on Verso
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).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B. Picart invenit 1733." Verso: "Word met alle Schuldige eerbied / deze Berschryving van den / prachtigen Tempel / der / Zang-Gidinnen, / Opgedragen en Toegeeigend."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "2"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
