Daedalus and Icarus, 1779

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Medium

stipple etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McDonnell

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 22

Accession Number

2021.112.1

Artists / Makers

Georg Siegmund Facius (artist) German, 1750 - after 1814

Johann Gottlieb Facius (artist) German, c. 1750 - in or after 1802

Charles Le Brun (artist after) French, 1619 - 1690

John Boydell (publisher) British, 1719 - 1804

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

none

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Grey Heron Antiques
McDonnell, David H.

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.