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Brown and orange woodcut of a nude figure under a huge dark bird wing, with tangled lines and skulls below.

Icarus

A two-tone woodcut in dark brown and orange shows a nude male figure beneath a huge outstretched bird wing, one arm raised and bent against his head. Tangled looping lines wrap the lower body, and skulls appear among the foliage-like forms below.

Artist
Johannes Josephus Aarts (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Date
1897
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1900 × 3010 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1897.
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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