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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1874,0808.1740
Description: Phaethon, after Poussin: Phaethon begging Apollo, who sits on the wheel of the Zodiac, to let him drive the sun's chariot; in the foreground, at left, a sleeping man (Autumn) crowned with ivy; at right, a seated old man (Winter) warming up at a brazier; woman holding flowers (Spring) standing behind Apollo; and woman seated on ears of wheat (Summer) beside Phaethon Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Nicolas Perelle; After: Nicolas Poussin; Published by: Mariette
School/style: French
Production date: 1646-1695
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 348 millimetres; Width: 439 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Le Blanc 1854-89 / Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes 1550-1820 (2); Andresen 1863 / Nicolaus Poussin - Verzeichniss der nach seinen Gemälden Gefertigten... (388.II); Wildenstein 1955 / Les Graveurs de Poussin au XVIIe siècle (136.II)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology
Associated names: Representation of: Phaethon; Representation of: Apollo; Representation of: Winter; Representation of: Summer; Representation of: Spring; Representation of: Autumn
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Charles Francis Arnold Howard, 5th Earl of Wicklow
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Hugh Howard
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1874,0808.1740

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