Phaethon Begging Apollo
Maker
After
1594-1665
(etcher)
1631-ca. 1695 (Life dates)
1594-1665
(etcher)
1631-ca. 1695 (Life dates)
Title
Phaethon Begging Apollo
Dimensions
Height: 35.6 cm
Width: 44.5 cm
Width: 44.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1939.AB.74
Mode of Acquisition
Warburg Institute, London, transfer, 1939
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Léon Coutil, Les Andelys (1856-1943); acquired by Anthony Blunt for the Warburg Institute, 1938; transferred to The Courtauld Institute, 1939.
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left: “Poussin pinxit”; lower center: “Phaeton pour s’esclaircir du doute ou il estoit d’estre Veritablement le fils du Soleil comme sa Mere l’en auoit asseure, luy demande en se jettant/ a’ses pieds gouvernement du grand Chariot qui asclaire le Monde, pour preuue de son affection Paternelle, et quil le reconnoist pour son fils. Ovid 1.2.fable.1.”; lower right: Nicolaus Perrelle fecit Mariette cx.”; lower right, handwritten on mount: “A.388/ 746/16(10a)//”.
Inscription: Verso: lower center, handwritten: “746/16(10a)”.
Inscription: Verso: lower center, handwritten: “746/16(10a)”.
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