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