Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others
Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing stones behind them
1730-1732
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Artist: Cornelis Bloemaert
- Artist: Theodor Matham
- Artist: Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing stones behind them
1730-1732
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 457 x 287 mm. (18 x 11 5/16 in.)
Plate: 358 x 259 mm. (14 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Image: 343 x 244 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12985
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). The print is based on plate 4, "Pyrrha"
BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008
Signed: 2
Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower center: "Deucalion & Pyrrha repeuplent la terre, en jetant / des pierres derriere eux. // Deucalion & Pyrrha repeople the World, by throwing / stones behind them. // Deucalion und Pyrrha bevölken die Erde wieder indem / sie Steine hinter sich werffen. // Deucalion en Pyrrha bevolken de Aarde op niews, / met het werpen van steenen achter haar."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1731"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "10"
Artist
Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck
1595–1674
Flemish, 1596 - 1675
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Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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