The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1680

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 26.2 x 20 cm (10 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

Accession Number

2009.70.151

Artists / Makers

Raymond Lafage (artist) French, 1656 - 1684

Image Use

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Inscription

by unknown hand, lower left in pen and brown ink: ce dessin provient / du Cabinet de Ranc.; by unknown hand (the artist?), lower right in pen and brown ink: Lafage fecit; by later hand, lower center in graphite (partially erased): Chute de Phaeton; by unknown hand, upper right in pen and brown ink: 44; by later hand, center verso in graphite: C:65/240; by unknown hand, lower right verso in graphite: 3289

Provenance

probably the painter Jean Ranc [1674-1735], according to the inscription. Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

McCrindle, Joseph F.

Exhibition History

2012: The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 68-69, no. 23 (entry by Daniella Berman).