The Fall of Phaeton, late 16th–early 17th century, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (slightly oxidized); brown ink framing lines; incised for transfer, 6 1/2 x 9 15/16 in. (16.5 x 25.3 cm), Drawings, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem), 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 at least fifty-two designs Goltzius made for an engraved series of Ovid's Metamorphoses
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Fall, Phaeton, late 16th–early 17th century, Pen, brown ink, wash, heightened, white, slightly oxidized, ink framing lines, incised, transfer, 6 1/2 x 9 15/16, 16.5 25.3 cm, Drawings, Hendrick Goltzius, Netherlandish, Mühlbracht, 1558–1617, Haarlem, recklessly drove Apollo, chariot, heavens, tumbles, shattered vehicle, earth, Zeus holds, high, thunderbolt, puts, rampage, fifty-two designs, Goltzius, engraved series, Ovid, Metamorphoses
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