The Fall of Phaeton, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"

Anonymous, Netherlandish, 17th century Netherlandish
After Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish

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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.

The Fall of Phaeton, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses", Anonymous, Netherlandish, 17th century, Engraving

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