De val van Icarus, Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Title(s)

De val van Icarus
Daedalus Icaro alta nimis ambienti orbatur (title on object)
Metamorphoseon sive transformationum (series title)
Metamorfosen van Ovidius (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

75/150

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.849

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 712
• Bartsch 638-787

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De vallende Icarus en de zwevende Daedalus. Icarus vloog te dicht bij de zon, waardoor de was smolt waarmee zijn vleugels bevestigd waren. Titel in het Latijn in ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Pieter de Jode (I)

Place

print maker: Italy
publisher: Antwerp

Dating

1606

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 104 mm × width 117 mm

What

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

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 36, p. 47, cat.nr. 712
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 151, cat.nr. 638-787