Bernard Picart. Mexican gods. Engraving. 1722.
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Bernard Picart. Mexican gods. Engraving. 1722.

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Artist: Bernard Picart or Picard (1673 – 1733) was a French draughtsman, engraver, and book illustrator in Amsterdam.Title:  Mexican gods.Signed and Annotated in plate: B. Picart delineavit 1722. Le MERCURE des MEXICAINS adoré à CHOLULA sous le nom de QUETZALCOUATL. DIVINITÉ qui préside à la CHASSE.Dimensions: Image 12 1/4" x 8 1/4". Plate 13 1/4" x 8 3/4". Sheet 16 5/8" x 10 1/4".Publisher: Jean Frédéric Bernard  (1680 - 1744) was a French publisher and writer who worked and lived in Amsterdam.Edition: Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, first published in Amsterdam, 1723-43.Date: 1722.Materials and Techniques: Engraving on laid paper. Watermark: V G.Provenance:  The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.Condition: The left edge of the sheet is slightly damaged by detachment from bookbinding, and at the

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