Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by John Watts, active 1766–1786

after Sir Anthony Van Dyck, 1599–1641, Flemish, active in Britain (1620–21; 1632–34; 1635–41)
Title:
Van Dyke in the Character of Icarus
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/16 × 14 1/8 inches (46.2 × 35.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "proof I State unfinished by J.C.S. | 6 T | 453"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1970.3.1350
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cloth | curls | fastening | father | inventor | religious and mythological subject | son | wings | youth
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23199