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Icarus
Public Domain

Hendrick Goltzius and Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem

Icarus

1587

Scroll
Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 331 x 334 mm. (13 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of James and Leslie Billet, Baltimore
Object Number 1983.11
As figures tumble in space, their bodies twist from unexpected angles and perspectives. This tondo, or circular, print flanking the doorway are known as The Four Disgracers. The One of The Four Disgracers, a circular print representing a collaboration between Hendrick Goltzius and Cornelius van Haarlem, flanks the doorway. Goltzius transformed van Haarlem’s designs into these richly engraved–and daringly conceived–scenes of humans being expelled from the realms of gods for their hubris. With swelling and powerful lines, Goltzius demonstrated his command of the burin (engraver’s tool) and van Haarlem’s extraordinary representation of man’s fall from grace.
BMA, Jacobs Gallery 5 rotation, June 13, 2023 - January 8, 2024.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: lower center in plate: "C.C. Inue. / HG. Sculp. 2"; around edge of image in plate: "SCIRE. DEI MVNVS, DIVINVM EST NOSCERE VELLE, SED FAS LIMITIBVS SE TENVISSE SVIS. DVM SIBI QVISQ SAPIT, NEO EXAMINA CERNIT, ICARYS NOMINA DONAT AQVIS."

Markings: None

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