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Black and cream woodcut of a bare-chested man with raised arms beside a large feathered bird, with swirling lines and skulls below.

Icarus

A woodcut-style print shows a bare-chested man raising his arms beside a large feathered bird with clawed talons, its wing sweeping across the upper frame. Swirling Art Nouveau lines and skulls fill the lower border, in high-contrast black ink on pale paper.

Artist
Johannes Josephus Aarts
Date
1897
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1912 × 3182 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

Español: Icaro, xilografía con ave y calaveras

Una estampa de estilo xilográfico muestra a un hombre con el torso desnudo que levanta los brazos junto a un ave grande de plumas y garras, con el ala extendida por la parte superior. Líneas ondulantes de estilo Art Nouveau y calaveras llenan el borde inferior, en tinta negra de alto contraste sobre papel claro.

Português: Ícaro, xilogravura com ave e caveiras

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