The Fall of Phaeton, from the series Ovid's Metamorphoses, ca. 1588, Engraving, Image: 6 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (17.7 x 25.2 cm), Prints, Anonymous, Netherlandish, 17th century, After 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 the engravings produced for an engraved series of Ovid's Metamorphoses
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Fall, Phaeton, series Ovid, Metamorphoses, ca, 1588, Engraving, Image, 6 15/16 x 9 15/16, 17.7 25.2 cm, Prints, Anonymous, Netherlandish, 17th century, After Hendrick Goltzius, Mühlbracht, 1558–1617, Haarlem, recklessly drove Apollo, chariot, heavens, tumbles, shattered vehicle, earth, Zeus holds, high, thunderbolt, puts, rampage, engravings produced, engraved series, Ovid
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