Daedalus and Icarus
By Nick RaesSam Mackey
Bronze Sculpture of Daedalus
3rd Century C.E.Found in Macedonia
DaedalusAndrea Pisano 1295 – 1348ReliefCampanile, Florence
Landscape with the Fall of IcarusPieter Brughel the Elder (c.1525 – 1569)Oil on Canvasc. 1560Royal Museum of Fine Arts Belgium
Daedalus and IcarusWoodcut found Illustrated in Ovid: MetamorphosesIllustrated by Virgil Solis c. 1569University of Glasgow, UK
Palazzo Vecchio (Studiolo) Fall of Icarus
Tommaso Manzuoli 1536-71c. 1570-71Located at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy
Daedalus and Icarusc. 1620 by Anthony van DyckOil on CanvasArt Gallery of Ontario
Daedalus, wanting to flee Crete, made wings of wax, for himself and for his son [Icarus], to escape the domination of Minos. Icarus falls into the sea, having paid no attention to his father's warnings, while Daedalus escapes to Sicily.
Engraving by Peter Paul Bouche after a drawing by Hendrik AbbéPrint; Book IllustrationText: 1st Century BCEImage Published: 1703Warburg Instute Library London
Icarus and Daedalusc. 1869Oil on CanvasFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896)Private Collection