Bernard Picart and Zacharias Châtelain
Tailpiece, Arabesque, to “De Tempel der Zang-Godinnen”
1728
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- Artist: Bernard Picart
- Publisher: Zacharias Châtelain
Tailpiece, Arabesque, to “De Tempel der Zang-Godinnen”
1728
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 86 x 154 mm. (3 3/8 x 6 1/16 in.)
Plate: 69 x 102 mm. (2 11/16 x 4 in.)
Image: 65 x 94 mm. (2 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.12978
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 center: "B. Picart del. 1729."; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "3"
Markings: CM: Claghorn
Publisher
Zacharias Châtelain
1704–1732
Dutch, active in Amsterdam 1705 - 1733
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