![]() ![]() These include an angler catching a fish with a rod and line, a shepherd leaning on a crook, a ploughman resting on the handles of his plough. Joos de Momper is closely following the narratives from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Joos de Momper (1564 – 1635), “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus”, 154173cm, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Icarus kept flapping his “wings”, but he had no feathers left and was only flapping his bare arms. One by one, Icarus’s feathers fell like snowflakes. And without warning, the heat from the sun melted the wax holding his feathers together. Overcome by a feeling of pride and confidence, Icarus disobeyed his father and soared high into the sky trying to quench his thirst. They are high above a bay containing people and a fortified town at the edge of the sea. Daedalus is still flying, his wings intact and fully functional he looks alarmed towards the falling body of his son. Icarus’ mouth and eyes are wide open in shock and fear, and his body tumbles as it falls. Icarus, his wings in tatters, plunges past Daedalus into the sea. Daedalus decided that for him and his son the only way to escape was up through the air. Because of his knowledge of the Labyrinth, King Minos of Crete shut Daedalus and his son Icarus, up in his own created Labyrinth, to simply keep the mysteries of the labyrinth a secret. ![]() ![]() That’s what he is expressing in this painting.Īccording to the classical Greek legend, Daedalus was a master architect most famously responsible for building the Labyrinth on the island on Crete, as prison for the Minotaur monster, a half-man, half-bull. About to start his own career and become a famous painter on his own merits. Its a self-portrait by Van Dyck, when he was 19 years old. He looks with pride and will follow his own path. Icarus though, is already making his own plan. Daedalus is concentrating on adjusting the ribbons with the wings over his son’s shoulders, and may be explaining to him the importance of flying at the right altitude. Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641), “Self-Portrait as Icarus with Daedalus” (1618), 112x93cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ![]()
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