Icarus and Daedalus
Daedalus and his son Icarus escape from Crete with man- made wings, but Icarus flies too near the sun : the heat melts the wax on his wings, plunging him into the sea
Picture No
12006004
Media ID
45538592
Size
4224px x 3463px
(7.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by I Matheus in Renouard's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, circa 1610, page 219
