The Fall of Icarus Icarus and his father Daedalus escaping from Crete. However, Icarus flying too close to the sun, Where: melting the wax of his wings, the wings let go, and he crashes into the sea. With a blank margin. The performance is decorated with a decorative rand. Manufacturer : print maker: Bernard Picart (studio) to drawing of: Bernard Picartnaar own design: Bernard PicartPlaats manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1730, and / or 1731 Physical characteristics: etching, and engra; proofing material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge: H 356 mm × W 253
The Fall of Icarus Icarus and his father Daedalus escaping from Crete. However, Icarus flying too close to the sun, Where: melting the wax of his wings, the wings let go, and he crashes into the sea. With a blank margin. The performance is decorated with a decorative rand. Manufacturer : print maker: Bernard Picart (studio) to drawing of: Bernard Picartnaar own design: Bernard PicartPlaats manufacture: Amsterdam Date: 1730, and / or 1731 Physical characteristics: etching, and engra; proofing material: paper Technique: etching / engra (printing process) Dimensions: plate edge: H 356 mm × W 253 mmToelichtingPrent also used as an illustration in: Beaumarchais, Antoine de 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: death the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present) scrollwork, strap work ~ ornament
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