Bernard Picart, Cornelis Bloemaert, and others

The Deluge

1729-1732

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The Deluge

1729-1732

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving, Sheet: 455 x 287 mm. (17 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.) Plate: 358 x 258 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 1946.112.12984

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 loosely based on Bloemaert's print (plate 3 "Le Deluge"), although it bears important differeces. Thus the inscription "B. 'Picart invenit"

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

Signed: 1

Inscribed: Recto: in plate, lower left: "B Picart invenit 1731."; in plate, lower center: "Le déluge. / The Deluge. / Der Gründflusz. / De Sondvloedt."; in plate, at bottom left: "B. Picart del. 1730"; on sheet, at bottom right, in graphite: "9"