The Fall of Phaeton

Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Fall of Phaeton
  • Artist: Giovanni Desiderio Bernardi da Castel Bolognese (Italian, Castel Bolognese 1494–1553 Faenza)
  • Artist: After Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1531-35
  • Medium: Panel: rock crystal; Frame: silver, gilded silver, enamel
  • Dimensions: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 5/16 in. (8 × 7 × 0.8 cm)
  • Classification: Gems
  • Credit Line: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 41.69
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints