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Phaethon Begging Apollo

Maker

After

1594-1665

(etcher)
1631-ca. 1695 (Life dates)

Title

Phaethon Begging Apollo

Dimensions

Height: 35.6 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)”.

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