C1731

Superb engraving by this famous engraver from Picarts, “Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representees par des figures dessinees de la main de Bernard Picard” Argos Panoptes was a hundred-eyed giant who lived in the region … Read Full Description

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Copper engraving.

Image Size: 

250mm 
x 350mm
AUTHENTICITY
 - Antique Print from 1731

Genuine antique
dated:

1731
Superb engraving by this famous engraver from Picarts, “Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representees par des figures dessinees de la main de Bernard Picard” Argos Panoptes was a hundred-eyed giant who lived in the region of Argolis in the Peloponnese. Once when Zeus was consorting with the Nymph Io, his wife Hera arrived on the scene. The god quickly transformed his lover into a white cow, but the goddess was not deceived. She demanded the animal for a gift and set Argos Panoptes as its guard. Zeus sent Hermes to surreptitiously rescue his lover. The god first tried to lull the giant to sleep with his music, but failing that, slew him with his sword. It was from this endeavour that he earned his familiar title Argeiphontes (“the slayer of Argos”). Hera rewarded Argos for his service by placing his hundred eyes on the tail of her sacred bird, the peacock.

Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)

Picart was a French artist and engraver. He was born in Paris and died in Amsterdam. He moved to Antwerp in 1696, and spent a year in Amsterdam before returning to France at the end of 1698. After his wife died in 1708, he moved to Amsterdam in 1711 (later being joined by his father), where he became a Protestant His most famous work is Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Although Picart had never left Europe, he relied on accounts by those who had and had access to a collection of Indian sculpture.

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