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Fall of Icarus
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Fall of Icarus

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1602 - 1604 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Icarus and his father Daedalus escape from Crete. However, Icarus flies too close to the sun, causing the wax of his wings to melt, his wings to fall apart, and he crashes into the sea. In the margin, a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVal van Icarus. 1602 - 1604. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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