Icarus, Hendrick Goltzius, after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, 1588

Identification

Title(s)

Icarus
De vier vallers (series title)

Object type

print

Serial number

2/4

Object number

RP-P-H-L-51

Catalogue reference

The Illustrated Bartsch 259-1(2)
Hollstein Dutch 307

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 10
collector's mark: Lugt 11
collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’

Description

Ronde voorstelling van Icarus, naakt, vallend onder een stralende zon. Op de achtergrond een baai met daarboven de vader van Icarus, Daedalus, nog vliegend met zijn zelfgemaakte vleugels. Om de voorstelling een randschrift in Latijn. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van vier vallende mannen: Tantalus, Icarus, Phaëthon en Ixion.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object)
after design by: Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (mentioned on object)
publisher: Hendrick Goltzius

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1588

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

diameter 327 mm

Explanatory note

Engelse vertaling van de Latijnse tekst: It is something divine to want to acquire knowledge, the gift of God, but man must keep to his limits. As long as everyone has his own wisdom and does not keep the right measure in mind, Icarus gives his name to the Icarian Sea.

Subject

What

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

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Cornelis van Haarlem 1562-1638, p. 37, afb. 22
Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) : tekeningen, prenten en schilderijen, Huigen Leeflang, Ger Luijten, Lawrence W. Nichols, p. 98-99, cat.nr. 33
Goltzius-studies : Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), p. 210, cat.nr. 47

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