Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
E519991
"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is a famous painting traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder that subtly depicts the myth of Icarus as a minor detail within a busy, indifferent everyday landscape.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Landscape with the Fall of Icarus canonical | 3 |
| Paysage avec la chute d’Icare | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5434514 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Context triple: [Musée des Beaux Arts, mentionsWork, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus]
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A.
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
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B.
Imaginary Landscape No. 1
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 is an early experimental composition by John Cage that pioneered the use of electronic sounds and unconventional instruments in modern music.
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C.
Still Life
"Still Life" is a 1985 novel by A. S. Byatt that continues the story begun in "The Virgin in the Garden," exploring art, family, and intellectual life in postwar England.
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D.
The Painter
The Painter is a renowned contemporary painting by South African-born artist Marlene Dumas, often noted for its haunting, emotionally charged depiction of a child figure.
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E.
Still Life with Plums
Still Life with Plums is a celebrated still-life painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, known for its quiet realism and subtle, atmospheric depiction of everyday objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Target entity description: "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is a famous painting traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder that subtly depicts the myth of Icarus as a minor detail within a busy, indifferent everyday landscape.
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A.
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
Imaginary Landscape No. 4 is an experimental 1951 composition by John Cage for 12 radios and 24 performers that explores chance operations and indeterminacy in music.
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B.
Imaginary Landscape No. 1
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 is an early experimental composition by John Cage that pioneered the use of electronic sounds and unconventional instruments in modern music.
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C.
Still Life
"Still Life" is a 1985 novel by A. S. Byatt that continues the story begun in "The Virgin in the Garden," exploring art, family, and intellectual life in postwar England.
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D.
The Painter
The Painter is a renowned contemporary painting by South African-born artist Marlene Dumas, often noted for its haunting, emotionally charged depiction of a child figure.
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E.
Still Life with Plums
Still Life with Plums is a celebrated still-life painting by French artist Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, known for its quiet realism and subtle, atmospheric depiction of everyday objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
16th century
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circa 1558 ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
early example of landscape dominating mythological subject
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frequently discussed in iconology ⓘ |
| cityLocatedIn |
Brussels
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linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
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| compositionFeature |
Icarus shown as small marginal figure
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foreground peasants dominate scene ⓘ |
| countryLocatedIn | Belgium ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium ⓘ |
| depicts |
Daedalus and Icarus myth
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Icarus ⓘ distant city ⓘ fisherman ⓘ harbor ⓘ legs of Icarus disappearing into the sea ⓘ ploughman ⓘ sea ⓘ shepherd ⓘ ships ⓘ sun ⓘ |
| genre |
landscape painting
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mythological painting ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage |
Paysage avec la chute d’Icare
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linked to:
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
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| hasTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| iconographicDetail |
fisherman near water’s edge
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only Icarus’s legs visible in water ⓘ ploughman in foreground ⓘ shepherd looking at the sky ⓘ |
| inCollection |
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium collection
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linked to:
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
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| influenced |
W. H. Auden’s poem Musée des Beaux Arts
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linked to:
Musee des Beaux Arts
William Carlos Williams’ poem Landscape with the Fall of Icarus ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Greek mythology
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story of Icarus in Ovid ⓘ |
| material |
oil on canvas
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transferred from panel ⓘ |
| movement | Northern Renaissance ⓘ |
| possibleAuthor |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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unknown Netherlandish painter ⓘ |
| style | detailed panoramic landscape ⓘ |
| theme |
contrast between myth and everyday life
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human labor ⓘ indifference to individual suffering ⓘ tragedy as minor event in wider world ⓘ |
| title | Landscape with the Fall of Icarus ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ |
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Subject: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Description of subject: "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is a famous painting traditionally attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder that subtly depicts the myth of Icarus as a minor detail within a busy, indifferent everyday landscape.
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