Daedalus and Icarus

1779

Georg Siegmund Facius

Artist, German, 1750 - after 1814

Johann Gottlieb Facius

Artist, German, c. 1750 - in or after 1802

John Boydell

Publisher, British, 1719 - 1804

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stipple etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David H. McDonnell

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 68.1 × 49.6 cm (26 13/16 × 19 1/2 in.)
    plate: 40.2 × 28 cm (15 13/16 × 11 in.)

  • Accession

    2021.112.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Grey Heron Antiques, Atlanta, GA); David McDonnell, Washington DC, purchased 1999; gift to NGA, 2021

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 22.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: Le Brun Pinxit; in plate, at lower right:J.S. & J.G. Facius sculpserunt; in plate, at lower center: Jno. Boydell excu dit 1779 / DAEDALUS & ICARUS / In the Salon at Houghton / Size of the Picture 4"F 3.4'I by 6"F 3.2'I high / Published Novr. 13th 1779 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.; verso: at bottom, in graphite: LINE ENGRAVING / 1779 / 200

Markings

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