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Icarus
Public Domain

Hendrick Goltzius and Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem

Icarus

1587

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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
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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