Artist
Pierre Brébiette (French, c. 1598–c. 1650)French, c. 1598–c. 1650
CultureFrench
Titles
- The Triumph of Painting, Music, Grammar, and Arithmetic
- La Musique
Datec. 1636
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate: 3 × 13 3/8 in. (7.6 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (13.7 × 39.4 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Frame (inner): 20 1/8 × 24 3/16 in. (51.1 × 61.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 21 1/8 × 25 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (53.7 × 64.1 × 3.8 cm)
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (13.7 × 39.4 cm)
Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Frame (inner): 20 1/8 × 24 3/16 in. (51.1 × 61.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 21 1/8 × 25 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (53.7 × 64.1 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2000.12.2
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: At lower right: P. Brebiette fecit & in; below image: Les Atomes volants et les sablons lybiques [?] ARITHMETIQVE. Peuuent estre nombres dedans l'arithmetique.; in manuscript above image to right: Brebiette; in manuscript at upper right corner of paper: 26;
Mounted on two sheets of paper, at the upper right corners of which are inscribed in manuscript: 33 (numbers 1 and 2); 34 (numbers 3 and 4)
Mounted on two sheets of paper, at the upper right corners of which are inscribed in manuscript: 33 (numbers 1 and 2); 34 (numbers 3 and 4)
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