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C1731
Artist:
Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)
Phineus is the blind king and seer from Salmydessus in Thrace. He is variously alleged to have been blinded by the gods for foretelling men the future. According to Apollonius Rhodius, Iris turned back the Argonauts Zetes and Calais who … Read Full Description
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Artist:
Bernard Picart (1673 - 1733)
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
250mm
x 360mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1731
Phineus is the blind king and seer from Salmydessus in Thrace. He is variously alleged to have been blinded by the gods for foretelling men the future. According to Apollonius Rhodius, Iris turned back the Argonauts Zetes and Calais who had pursued the Harpies to the Strophades (‘Islands of Turning’). The brothers had driven off the monsters from their torment of the prophet Phineus, but did not kill them upon the request of Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the Harpies again.
Biography:
Bernard Picart (1673-1733)
French artist and engraver, son of Etienne Picart, also an 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 convert and married again. His most famous series was his Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, appearing between 1723 to 1743.
