The Fall of Phaeton
1745/1750
Artist, Venetian, 1689 - 1767

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink over red chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
Overall (approximate): 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.)
support: 50.6 x 43.4 cm (19 15/16 x 17 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1978.52.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Armand Louis de Mestral de Saint Saphorin [1738-1806]; Marguerite and Madeline de Mestral; Rene de Cerenville, Lausanne; Nathan Chaikin; David Daniels; (sold, Sotheby's, London, 25 April 1978, no. 37); (David Tunick, Inc.); acquired 1978 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1983.
1994
The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 267, 269, 449, no. 173 (repro. p. 269, color)(entry by Margherita Giacometti).
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 76.
Bibliography
1974
Pignatti, Terisio. _ Venetian Drawings from American Collections_. Washingon, 1974: 32, 57.
1981
Pignatti, Teresio. Disegni antichi del Museo Correr di Venezia. Vol. II (Dall'Oglio-Fontebasso). Venice, 1981: 122.
1994
The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 267, 269, 449, no. 173.
Inscriptions
in unknown hand, lower left in brown ink on mount: S." Ritchi
Watermarks
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Wikidata ID
Q64571021