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Object Type
print
Museum number
1853,0312.236
Title
Series:
The four disgracers
Description
Phaeton; he tumbles towards the sea, his body twisting; parts of a chariot and four horses also hurtle downwards; round plate. 1588 Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Hendrik Goltzius
After:
Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1588
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Diameter:
330 millimetres
(trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment on the series see 1853,0312.234.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(327.I)
(Hendrick Goltzius)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(308)
Hirschmann 1921 / Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes
(308)
Strauss 1977 / Hendrik Goltzius: the complete engravings and woodcuts
(259)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(III.79.260)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
2012 Jun-Oct, Compton Verney, 'Flight and the Artistic Imagination'
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Phaethon
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Franz Rechberger
(signed and dated 1800 on the verso)
Acquisition date
1853
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1853,0312.236