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The Fall of Icarus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
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 descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe val van Icarus. 1602 - 1607. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
