Fall of Phaëthon, Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), Phaëthon's ride in his father Apollo's solar chariot has gone out of control: the horses have run wild and set the earth on fire. Jupiter throws lightning bolts and Phaëthon falls from the sky, chariot and all. In the lower margin a four-line explanation, in two columns, in Latin., print maker: Hendrick Goltzius, (workshop of), after design by: Hendrick Goltzius, Franco Estius, Haarlem, 1590, paper, engraving, height 177 mm × width 257 mm

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