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Bernard Picart'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses' — 18th Century Engraving1730
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Bernard Picart, 'The Deluge' from 'The Temple of the Muses', engraving, 1730. Signed in the plate and dated
'1730' lower left. Titled in French, English, German, and Dutch. A superb, richly-inked impression on antique, cream, laid, handmade paper, with margins (1/2 to 1 7/8 inches); toning at the top sheet edge and minor, unobtrusive foxing in the margins, not affecting the image, otherwise in good condition. Image size 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches; sheet size 17 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Designed and engraved by the renowned french book engraver Bernard Picart (1673-1733). From the book 'The Temple of the Muses; or, the Principal Histories of Fabulous Antiquity, Represented in Sixty Sculptures', Amsterdam: Zachariah Chatelain, 1733. Each magnificent engraving depicts a fable of the ancient world, many from Ovid. The text is by Antoine de La Barre de Beaumarchais, Cohen de-Ricci 531.
- Creator:Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733, French)
- Creation Year:1730
- Dimensions:Height: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)Width: 10.07 in (25.58 cm)
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- Period:1730-1739
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- Gallery Location:Myrtle Beach, SC
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Bernard Picart
Bernard Picart was a French engraver who is well-known for his illustrated books, including the Bible and Ovid. His most famous work is Cérémonies Et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous Les Peuples Du Monde, published from 1723–43 and defined as "an immense effort to record the religious rituals and beliefs of the world in all their diversity as objectively and authentically as possible" by Jonathan I. Israel.
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