Icarus, 1588

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series Title

The Four Disgracers (plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 33.3 × 33.3 cm (13 1/8 × 13 1/8 in.) (roundel, cut within platemark)

Credit Line

Gift of Allen R. Adler and Frances Beatty

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein 1996, no. 326, State only

Accession Number

2013.154.1

Artists / Makers

Hendrick Goltzius (artist) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (artist after) Dutch, 1562 - 1638

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom center: C. C. Pictor Inue / HG. sculp. 2; around image: SCIRE, DEI MVNVS, DIVINVM EST NOSCERE VELLE, SED FAS LIMITIBVS SE TENVISSE. / DVM SIBI QVISQUE SAPIT, NEC IVSTI EXAMINA CERNIT, ICARVS ICARYS NOMINA DONAT AQUIS. (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. [Latin translation from Huigen Leeflang and Ger Luijten, et. al, _Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, Prints and Paintings_ Exhibition catalogue. Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum, 2003, p.98.])

Provenance

Allen R. Adler and Dr. Frances F.L. Beatty, New York; gift to NGA., 2013.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Goltzius), no. 326