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Le chaleur du Soleil fond la cire qui attachoit les ailes d'Icare ...

published 1767/1771

François Denis Née

Artist, French, 1732 or 1739 - 1817

Charles Eisen

Artist After, French, 1720 - 1778

François Denis Née after Charles Eisen

Attributed to

Medium

etching with stipple [trial proof]
Credit Line

Widener Collection
Accession Number

1942.9.1001

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Teree apres avoir viole, et coupe la lange a Philomele sa belle soeur ...

Charles Eisen

1767

Album of Preliminary Drawings and Prints for "Les Metamorphoses d'Ovide" (volume 5)

Various Artists

1767

Teree apres avoir viole, et coupe la lange Philomele sa belle soeur...

Louis Binet

1767

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q64956766

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