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Phaethon (Greek deity)

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  • The fall of Phaethon. Engraving after N. Beatrizet after Michelangelo.
  • The fall of Phaethon. Engraving after N. Beatrizet after M. Buonarroti.
  • Phaethon surrounded by horses is falling from the sky as Jupiter wearing a crown strikes from above. Aquatint by C.M. Metz after A. van Diepenbeeck.
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    The fall of Phaethon. Engraving after N. Beatrizet after Michelangelo.

    Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. | Date: 1649 | Reference: 11255i
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    Phaethon surrounded by horses is falling from the sky as Jupiter wearing a crown strikes from above. Aquatint by C.M. Metz after A. van Diepenbeeck.

    Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675. | Date: [1798?] | Reference: 36638i
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    The fall of Phaethon. Engraving after N. Beatrizet after M. Buonarroti.

    Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. | Date: [between 1500 and 1599?] | Reference: 34351i
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    Phaethon, the son of Helios, driving the chariot of the sun. Etching and aquatint after J. Gibson, 1851.

    Gibson, John, 1790-1866. | Date: 1851 | Reference: 2917961i
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    Phaethon begs Apollo to let him drive the chariot of the sun. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1763, after R. Wilson.

    Wilson, Richard, 1713-1782. | Date: Sept.r 3rd, 1763 | Reference: 3162289i
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