Vase with Helios or Phaeton on the Chariot of the Sun
Depiction of a vase or ewer. The vase is abundantly decorated with motifs from the Fontainebleau School. Within a strapwork frame in the middle a male god, either Helios or Phaeton is depicted riding the Chariot of the sun. The print is part of a series of 12 vases said to be designed by Rosso Fiorentino and Polidoro da Caravaggio and initially engraved and published by René Boyvin. The current series was first published by Claes Jansz. Visscher in the early seventeenth century and subsequently also by Frederik de Wit.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase with Helios or Phaeton on the Chariot of the Sun
- Artist and publisher: Originally by René Boyvin (French, Angers ca. 1525–1598 or 1625/6 Angers)
- Designer: Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florence 1494–1540 Fontainebleau)
- Publisher: Frederick de Wit (Dutch, 1629/30–1706) ?
- Publisher: Previously by Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
- Date: 17th century (late)
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 7 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (19 x 11.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.952(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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