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Fall of Icarus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Landscape with a river. In the sky, Daedalus and Icarus. Icarus flies too high near the sun. The wax of his wings melts and he falls from the sky. In the foreground, a fisherman (left) looks at the scene, while a shepherd also looks up at the sky. The first print in a six-part series of landscapes with mythological scenes.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVal van Icarus. 1560 - 1600. Johann Sadeler (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
