The Fall of Phaeton

Provenance

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

The Fall of Phaeton

Heintz the Elder, Joseph

c. 1591

Accession Number

1997.103.1

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

New Century Fund