The engraving above captured my first interest with its lounging shepherds on their hilltop looking up to notice a human being flying in the air. One of the shepherds appears to be waving at the successful flyer, and Father Dedalus seems to be acknowledging the gesture. It looks as though nobody has noticed yet that Icarus is in trouble.
The artist was Abraham Bloemaert. He lived in the Netherlands between 1566 and 1651.
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| Landscape with Vegetables |
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| Marrows & Cabbages |
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| Boy with Drum |
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| Putti with Heraldic Shield |
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| Figure Studies |
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| Study of Legs |
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| Study of Legs |
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| Study of Hands, with a Trumpeter |
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| Study of Heads |
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| Venus & Cupid |
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| Juno |
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| Parable of the Wheat and the Tares |
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| Niobe |
Bloemaert's style changed radically after he came into contact with disciples of Caravaggio and their new declamatory art of chiaroscuro.