GABBIANI, Anton Domenico
(b. 1652, Firenze, d. 1726, Firenze)

Fall of Icarus

1691-92
Red and white crayon, 430 x 365 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Anton Domenico Gabbiani painted three ceilings in the new rooms, built in 16184-89, of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi: the Allegory of the Fine Arts under the Protection of Wisdom and Nature; the Fall of Icarus; and the Triumph over Error. The present picture shows a preliminary drawing for the ceiling fresco.




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