Flight of Icarus (L'envol d'Icare)Painting by Carlo Saracenti (c 1580 - 1620)Icarus; the son of the master craftsman Daedalus; ignored his father's instructions not to fly too close to the sun; when the wax in his wings melted he tumbled out of the sky and fell into the sea where he drowned.- Oil on copper (c 1605-1608)Naples. Museo di Capodimonte2018