The Fall of Phaeton

c. 1591

Joseph Heintz the Elder

Artist, Swiss, 1564 - 1609

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and red washes over black chalk, heightened with white and indented for transfer

  • Credit Line

    New Century Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50 x 62 cm (19 11/16 x 24 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1997.103.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Normandy; (sale, Maitre Dumousset & Deburaux, Paris, 24 June 1996, no. 78, as French 17th century); (Colnaghi, London); purchased 1997 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 108.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 156.

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 2.

Wikidata ID

Q64591199

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