Phaeton Asking for the Chariot
1590

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 18.5 x 26 cm (7 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.), cut to platemark
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Accession
2011.139.160
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Catalogue Raisonné
New Hollstein 1996, no. 552, State ii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. Edward Peart, London (1756 or 1758 - 1826) (Lugt 892).Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011
Associated Names
Bibliography
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 528
1993
The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-: no. 552, ii/iii.
Inscriptions
across lower edge of plate: Secta petit Phaeton Eois fulta columnis / Tecta, patris Solis regna beata sui / Indici imq rogat malesuadus stemmatis ardor / Nescuis heu fabricet quanta pericla sibi / F. Estius; in plate, lower right: HG excud
Wikidata ID
Q76559491