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The Lament for Icarus is a painting by Herbert James Draper showing dead Icarus surrounded by lamenting nymphs. The wings of Icarus are based on the bird-of-paradise pattern. In 1898 the painting was bought from the Royal Academy exhibition through The Chantrey Bequest a public fund for purchasing modern art bequeathed by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey R.A.. The Lament for Icarus was subsequently awarded the gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris.According to Dr.
