Study of a winged male nude, Jan de Bisschop, after Giuseppe Cesari, 1668 - 1671

Title(s)

Study of a winged male nude

Object type

• print

Serial number

9/57

Object number

RP-P-1907-3982

Catalogue reference

• Gelder&Jost 9-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 6

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Studie voor een vliegende, naakte engel, misschien Sint Michael of Icarus.

Artist

• print maker: Jan de Bisschop (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Giuseppe Cesari (mentioned on object)

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

1668 - 1671

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 162 mm × width 223 mm

What

• angels
• (story of) Icarus, son of Daedalus
• the Archangel Michael (often in armour with sword or lance)

Credit line

• Gift of J. de Jong Hanedoes, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 1907

Copyright

Public domain

• Berckheyde - Bodding, p. 44, cat.nr. 6
• Jan de Bisschop and his icones and paradigmata : classical antiquities and Italian drawings for artisstic instrumentation in seveneenth century Holland, p. 234, cat.nr. 9