Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

Prometheus tortured by a Vultur

1732

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Prometheus tortured by a Vultur

1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 456 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 356 x 255 mm. (14 x 10 1/16 in.) Image: 347 x 248 mm. (13 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Garrett Collection

Object Number 1946.112.12983

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). This print is based on plate 6, "Promethée"

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

Signed: 2

Inscribed: Recto: in inner plate, lower left, below the image: "B. Picart del."; in inner plate, lower center: "Promethée déchiré par un vautour / Prometheus tortured by a Vultur / Prometheus durch einen Geyer zerrissen / Prometheus door een Gier verscheurt"; in outer plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "8"