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Object Type
print
Museum number
1917,1208.71.246
Description
Allegory on the conquest of Savoy, with the fall of Icarus; circular; illustration originally executed for 'Médailles sur les principaux évènements du règne de Louis le Grand' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1702), but left out of the book. 1684/1702 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Sébastien Leclerc I
School/style
French
Production date
1684-1702
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Diameter:
74 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1917,1208.71.244.
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(761)
Jombert 1774 / Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre de Sébastien Leclerc, chevalier romain
(280.137)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
allegory/personification
battle
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Icarus
Associated events
Associated Event:
Conquest of Savoy 1690
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Médailles sur les principaux évènements du règne de Louis le Grand
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall
In Memory of:
Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date
1917
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1917,1208.71.246