The Fall of Phaeton

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.

The Fall of Phaeton

Diziani, Gaspare

1745/1750

Accession Number

1978.52.3

Medium

pen and brown ink over red chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper

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.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Fund