Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Pandora’s Box

1729-1732

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Pandora’s Box

1729-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 289 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Plate: 352 x 253 mm. (13 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.) Image: 343 x 249 mm. (13 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.12982

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 5, "Pandore".

BMA, Jacobs Wing rotation, August 15, 2007- January 29, 2008

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in inner plate, lowe left, below the image: ""B. Picart deir."; in inner plate, lower center: "La boëte de Pandore. / Pandora's Box. / Die Büchse der Pandora. / De Doos van Pandora."; in ourter plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "7"