Bernard PICART (1673-1733) by Abraham van DIEPENBEECK (1596-1675), Deluge (Greek mythology)

copperplate, handmade paper; 26 x 36 cm (light passe-partout);
signed l.d. B.Picart del. 1730
wooden frame, glass, passe-partout, ref. British Museum 1914,0214.212, Deluge, in foreground, mortals trying to get to higher ground or escape on a bull; above them, Olympians watch as some figures pour water on the Earth; in decorative border, with a tritoneess on each side and a putti riding a hippocampus at the bottom, printed from the same plate; "Le Temple des Muses "1733,