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River Landscape With Daedalus and Icarus (from a Two River Landscapes with Mythological Subjects series, 1 of 2 plates)

((Simon Novellanus) Netherlandish, died about 1590)
(Netherlandish, about 1525–1569)
(Netherlandish, worked Germany, 1542–1601)
late 16th century
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 27.8 x 34 cm (10 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit LineLee M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1970.218
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, in margin below the image: INTER VTRVMQVE VOLA, MEDIO TVTISSIMVS IBIS./[left] Qui fuit ut tutas agitaret Dædalus alas ?/Icarus immensas nomine signet aquas?[right] Nempe quod hic alte, demissius ille volabat:/Nam pennas ambo non habuere suas./[lower center] Petrus Bruegel fec. Romæ A°1553./Excud Houf: cum præ: Cas°:
ProvenanceMarch 11, 1970, purchased from Mayfair Kunst AG (dealer), Switzerland, by the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1970)