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Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged muscular man holding a limp winged youth, with a small putto and a bare tree at the edges.

Daedalus and Icarus

A brown ink and wash drawing with white heightening shows two winged figures: a muscular man with outstretched wings holds a limp youth draped across his arm, beside a small putto, a ledge and a bare tree. The record names this as Daedalus and Icarus by Giulio Romano, early 1530s, and the scene agrees.

Artist
Giulio Romano
Date
early 1530s
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white, over incising, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2157 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1539).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Español: Dédalo e Ícaro

Un dibujo en tinta parda y aguada con toques de blanco muestra dos figuras aladas: un hombre musculoso con las alas extendidas sostiene a un joven inerte recostado sobre su brazo, junto a un putto pequeño, un saliente y un árbol desnudo. La ficha atribuye la obra a Giulio Romano, hacia 1530, y la escena coincide.

Português: Dédalo e Ícaro

Um desenho em tinta marrom e aguada, com realces de branco, mostra duas figuras aladas: um homem musculoso de asas abertas segura um jovem sem vida apoiado em seu braço, ao lado de um putto pequeno, uma saliência e uma árvore nua. A ficha atribui a obra a Giulio Romano, por volta de 1530, e a cena corresponde.

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