Daedalus and Icarus; Metamorphoses from Ovid; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. Daedalus and Icarus, father and son, escape from the island of Crete with wings that were fixed to their shoulders. Icarus flies too high, making the sun melting the wax. On the right the fall of Icarus. A sea sample swims in the sea. Left in the foreground Daedalus buries his son Icarus. Under the show a text from the metamorphoses of Ovid, book 8, fresh rule 203-205. At the top the character of the scale from the zodiac. The
Daedalus and Icarus; Metamorphoses from Ovid; Den Grooten Emblemata Sacra, consisting of more than four hundred by Belsche figures, as des old as des Nieuwen Testaments. Daedalus and Icarus, father and son, escape from the island of Crete with wings that were fixed to their shoulders. Icarus flies too high, making the sun melting the wax. On the right the fall of Icarus. A sea sample swims in the sea. Left in the foreground Daedalus buries his son Icarus. Under the show a text from the metamorphoses of Ovid, book 8, fresh rule 203-205. At the top the character of the scale from the zodiac. The print is part of an album.
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Photo credit: © BTEU/RKMLGE / Alamy / Afripics
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