1536
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Copy after Giulio Romano's Fall of Icarus is a 1536 by Giulio Romano, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a man falling from the sky with wings melting. He's Icarus, and his father Daedalus watches in horror. Icarus was a warning to people about being too proud. The story of Icarus was well-known in the 16th century. It taught people to be humble and listen to advice. Check out the work of Giulio Romano to learn more.
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.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Giulio Pippi (c. 1499 – 1 November 1546), known as Giulio Romano (US: JOOL-yoh rə-MAH-noh( Italian: ) and sometimes known in French as Jules Romain, was an Italian painter and architect. He was a pupil of Raphael, and…
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