The Fall of Phaeton: From the series The Metamorphoses, ca. 1588
Anonymous engraver, after Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1558–1617)
Engraving; 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (17.7 x 25.2 cm)
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 (49.97.662)
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Anonymous engraver, after Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, 1558–1617)
Engraving; 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (17.7 x 25.2 cm)
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949 (49.97.662)
Phaeton, who recklessly drove Apollo's chariot through the heavens, tumbles from the shattered vehicle toward the earth. Zeus holds high a thunderbolt as he puts an end to Phaeton's rampage. This is one of the engravings produced for an engraved series of Ovid's Metamorphoses. The engravings for the series do not display the virtuosity of Goltzius's autograph works and were no doubt made by members of his workshop.
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- • Figure, Deity
- • Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman
- • Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman, Other
- • Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman, Zeus/Jupiter
- • Literature and Literary Connections
- • Literature and Literary Connections, Greek Poetry
- • Literature and Literary Connections, Greek Poetry, Ovid: Metamorphoses
- • Print, Engraving, Mythological
