Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
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"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is a famous painting traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder that subtly depicts the myth of Icarus as a minor detail within a busy, indifferent everyday landscape.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Landscape with the Fall of Icarus canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
16th century
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circa 1558 ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
early example of landscape dominating mythological subject
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frequently discussed in iconology ⓘ |
| cityLocatedIn | Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionFeature |
Icarus shown as small marginal figure
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foreground peasants dominate scene ⓘ |
| countryLocatedIn | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Daedalus and Icarus myth
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Icarus NERFINISHED ⓘ distant city ⓘ fisherman ⓘ harbor ⓘ legs of Icarus disappearing into the sea ⓘ ploughman ⓘ sea ⓘ shepherd ⓘ ships ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape painting
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mythological painting ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | Paysage avec la chute d’Icare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| iconographicDetail |
fisherman near water’s edge
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only Icarus’s legs visible in water ⓘ ploughman in foreground ⓘ shepherd looking at the sky ⓘ |
| inCollection | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
W. H. Auden’s poem Musée des Beaux Arts
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William Carlos Williams’ poem Landscape with the Fall of Icarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Greek mythology
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story of Icarus in Ovid ⓘ |
| material |
oil on canvas
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transferred from panel ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleAuthor |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
NERFINISHED
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unknown Netherlandish painter ⓘ |
| style | detailed panoramic landscape ⓘ |
| theme |
contrast between myth and everyday life
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human labor ⓘ indifference to individual suffering ⓘ tragedy as minor event in wider world ⓘ |
| title | Landscape with the Fall of Icarus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Musée des Beaux Arts