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The Fall of Icarus, by Francesco Allegrini

Image attached to PD.38-1969

An image of The Fall of Icarus. Allegrini, Francesco (Italian, 1587-1663). Oil on canvas laid down on panel, height, canvas, 38.4 cm, width, canvas, 28.4 cm.

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The Fall of Icarus. Allegrini, Francesco (Italian, 1587-1663). Oil on canvas laid down on panel, height, canvas, 38.4 cm, width, canvas, 28.4 cm.

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  • Accession Number: PD.38-1969
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 756 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 769.31kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 13/1

Key words

17th Century ambition ambitious Baroque coast Crete Daedalus falling Fitz_PDP flight flying Francesco Allegrini Francesco da Gubbio hubris Icarus Italian mythological mythology oil on canvas oil on panel painting seascape tumbling winged wings

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rgb(182,158,123), rgb(55,49,32), rgb(135,116,86), rgb(107,121,126), rgb(86,99,101), rgb(111,117,105), rgb(94,92,69), rgb(26,28,20), rgb(152,149,121), rgb(169,76,41), rgb(166,108,46)

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