Lot 66: Giovanni Battista Merano (Genoa 1632-1698 Piacenza)

Daedalus attaching wings to Icarus
with inscription 'la de dedalos icaro-' (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, squared in red chalk, minor tears
6 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (156 x 198 mm.)

We are grateful to Dr. Mary Newcome Schleier for suggesting the attribution to Merano, on the basis of a photograph, in a communication dated 14 April 2004.

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