The Fall of Phaeton, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Fall of Phaeton, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
- Series/Portfolio: Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
- Artist: Anonymous, Netherlandish, 17th century
- Artist: After Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem)
- Date: ca. 1588
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17.7 x 25.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 3/16 in. (18.1 x 25.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.97.662
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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