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Hendrick Goltzius
Phaeton Driving the Chariot to the Sunpublished 1590

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper depicting a mythological sea catastrophe, with figures hurled from an overturned chariot, sea nymphs in the waves, and rearing horses in stormy clouds above

Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrik Goltzius (after), Phaeton Driving the Chariot to the Sun, published 1590, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Artist or Maker
Hendrik Goltzius (after)
Northern Netherlands, 1558-1617
Title
Phaeton Driving the Chariot to the Sun
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
published 1590
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (21.59 × 29.21 cm) Image: 7 × 9 7/8 in. (17.78 × 25.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Irene Salinger in memory of her father, Adolph Stern
Accession Number
54.70.1n
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Bartsch, Adam von. The Illustrated Bartsch. New York: Abaris Books, 1978.