Georg Siegmund FACIUS (Regensburg 1750ca - 1814) Johann Gottlieb FACIUS (Regensburg 1750ca - 1802) "Daedalus and Icarus" Original etching and manner punctuated by a subject by Charles Le Brun (1619 - 1690), printed and published in London by John Boydell in 1779 and then included in the collection entitled "A set of Prints engraved after the most capital Paintings in the Collection of her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia, lately in the possession of the Earl of Norfolk, at Houghton in Norfolk .. . "Made by the same publisher and his nephew Josiah from 1788. Nice copy printed on a laid paper portion bearing the watermark" IHS monogram with Cross and Flower "and literal countermark" Dupuy Fin Auvergne 1742 ", similar to Heawood 3309 , typical of French paper production of the eighteenth century, complete with the imprint of the slab and with small margins, with slight traces of dirt and an old gluing at the edges and corners but in the c complex in excellent condition. The magnificent painting by Le Brun executed between 1645 and 1646, oil on canvas of 190 x 124, followed the events of the entire Walpole collection purchased by Catherine the Second of Russia and transferred to St. Petersburg where it is still kept today in the collections of the 'Hermitage. Bibliography: LeBlanc "Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes" Paris 1856 vol.2 pag.212 n ° 22. Lewine "Bibliography of Eighteenth Century Art and Illustrated Books" London 1898 p. 204. (Houghton) Milesi "Dictionary of Engravers" Bergamo 1989 page 143. Measurements in mm: 406 x 282