Huis van de Slaap The House of Sleep. Atop the building Diana and night, in her arms her children Sleep (Hypnos) and death (Thanatos). In the middle of the recess Sleep, with its attribute poppy in the hand. In the house swarming Oneiroi (entities responsible for human dreams). In the margins of the title in French, English, German and Dutch. The show is decorated with ornamental rand. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building) supervision: Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1733 Physical features: etching and engra printed on two sheets of mat
Huis van de Slaap The House of Sleep. Atop the building Diana and night, in her arms her children Sleep (Hypnos) and death (Thanatos). In the middle of the recess Sleep, with its attribute poppy in the hand. In the house swarming Oneiroi (entities responsible for human dreams). In the margins of the title in French, English, German and Dutch. The show is decorated with ornamental rand. Manufacturer : printmaker: Bernard Picart (listed building) supervision: Bernard Picart (listed property) Place manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1733 Physical features: etching and engra printed on two sheets of material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Measurements: plate edge: h 253 mm × W 180 mm × h 357 mm (ornamental edge) × W 254 mm (ornamental edge) Remarks Print also used as an illustration in: Beaumarchais, Antoine La Barre de. Le Temple des Muses: orné 60 tableaux où sont les representes événemens les plus de l'remarquables antiquité fabuleuse. Amsterdam: Zacharias Chatelain (II), 1733. Subject: House of Sleep: a dark cave Where: The river runs through the Lethe; possibly with two gates, one of ivory that deceitful dreams come from and a horn where dreams are true from continuing komenthe children Hypnos (clad in white) and Thanatos (clad in black) sleep in the arms of Their mother Nox (story or ) Diana (Artemis) (story of) Hypnos (Somnus), Sleep God or dream (Oneiroi) (Morpheus, Phobetor, Phantasus) scroll work, strap work ~ ornament
Size: 1345px × 1858px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
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