Painting #C14 - The Fall of Icarus

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
- copy Pieter Brueghel the Elder ( –1569)
- oil on canvas (73.5 × 112 cm) c.1558
- Royal Museums of Fine Arts (Brussels)

Greek mythology:

Talented craftsman Daedalus and his talented artist son Icarus, imprisoned in a high tower on Crete Island, attempted to escape by flying.

"Icarus succeeded in flying, with wings made by Daedalus, using feathers secured with bees wax. Ignoring his father's warnings, Icarus chose to fly too close to the sun, melting the wax, and fell into the sea and drowned. His legs can be seen in the water just below the ship." (Wiki)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
- oil on wood (63 × 90 cm) ca.1590-95
- Museum van Buuren (Brussels)

In this version, Daedalus is seen still flying and crying. And he made it.

Icarus died in his attempt to reach an ultimate height. Meanwhile, the farmer, the shepherd, and the fisherman do not care, but continue to do their ordinary chores.

The Lament for Icarus
- Herbert James Draper (1863-1920, English)
- oil on canvas (180 x 150 cm) in 1898
- Tate Britain (London)