Rivierlandschap met Daedalus en Icarus, Symon Novelanus (attributed to), after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1593 - 1597

Title(s)

Rivierlandschap met Daedalus en Icarus
Inter utrumque vola, medio tutissimus ibis (title on object)
Rivierlandschappen met mythologische onderwerpen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1890-A-15897

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch A5-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Rivierlandschap met zeilschepen op het water. In de lucht ziet de gevleugelde Daedalus zijn zoon Icarus naar beneden vallen.

Artist

• print maker: Symon Novelanus (attributed to)
• after design by: Pieter Bruegel (I) (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Joris Hoefnagel (rejected attribution)
• Rudolf II van Habsburg (Duits keizer) (mentioned on object)

Place

Vienna

Dating

1553 and/or 1593 - 1597

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 278 mm × width 344 mm

What

• death i.e. the fall of Icarus (Daedalus present)
• river

Acquisition

purchase Nov-1890

Copyright

Public domain

• Pieter Bruegel the elder, Nadine Monica Orenstein, p. 162, cat.nr. A5