Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus

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Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus

Giulio RomanoLinkedCulture matchlcp-c94775a99fbe

Date
after 1536
Medium
pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over red chalk, heightened with lead white
Culture
Italy, 16th century
Department
Drawings
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
156881

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Having flown too close to the sun, Icarus plummets from the sky as the wax securing his makeshift wings melts, and the straps unravel. His father Daedelus, who invented the wings, watches in horror as his son begins a deadly fall. Punished for failing to heed his father’s warning and attempting to enter the realm of the gods, Icarus was a moral reminder to Renaissance viewers of human fallibility and the risks of excessive pride.

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Credit line
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert A. Frary in memory of I. T. Frary
Provenance
Joseph van Haecken (Lugt 2516, stamped, lower right, in black ink) | Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364, stamped, lower right, in black ink)

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