La Chute de Phaëton (The Fall of Phaeton)

Provenance

Richard Jung, Fribourg-en-Brisgau, (L. 3791). (Antiquarius srl, Rome); David McDonnell, purchased 2012; gift to NGA, 2021

La Chute de Phaëton (The Fall of Phaeton)

Cesari, Giuseppe

c. 1729-1742

Accession Number

2021.112.7

Medium

etching and chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black, light blue, and gray on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 49.8 × 35.8 cm (19 5/8 × 14 1/8 in.) | plate: 43.8 × 26.8 cm (17 1/4 × 10 9/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of David H. McDonnell