Icarus krijgt van Daedalus zijn vleugels aangezet
Giovanni David
1775
Medium
etching
Dimensions
300; 213
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
About the Artist
Giovanni David · 1749–1790
Giovanni David (1743–1790) was a Genoese painter and etcher whose brief career, shaped by distinguished patronage and wide-ranging travel, produced a body of work remarkable for its experimental verve. Born in Genoa, he came under the protection of Count Giacomo Durazzo, a cultivated Genoese nobleman and diplomat who became the defining figure of his artistic life. Durazzo sponsored David's traini...