Die bitt Phaetonti an seinen Vatter Phebum · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Die bitt Phaetonti an seinen Vatter Phebum
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Delphi
Description: This image depicts Phaethon kneeling before his father, the Sun god, Phoebus. Phoebus is depicted sitting on his throne within his temple as the sun beams brightly behind him. Phaethon had questioned whether the Sun god was his legitimate father, so his mother Clymene told him to go to the Sun god himself for proof. Once Phaethon reaches the god, Phoebus confirms his parentage to Phaethon.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:20961
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_20961_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Roman Mythology; Greek Mythology; Demi Gods; Phoebus; Apollo; Phaeton