Phaeton zündt die ober und under Welt an · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Phaeton zündt die ober und under Welt an
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Delphi
Description: This engraving illustrates Phaethon controlling his father Phoebus’ chariot and four horses: Pyroïs, Eoüs, Aethon, and Phlegon. Phaethon asked his father to control his chariot in order to prove that he is in fact Phoebus’ legitimate son. Phoebus urged Phaethon to choose anything else but the chariot as it is incredibly difficult to control, and it would likely end in peril. Phaethon insisted on driving the chariot and Phoebus could not refuse as he had already given Phaethon his word. Phaethon is depicted flying in the clouds above a city.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:21047
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_21047_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Gods; Demi Gods; Greek Mythology; Roman Mythology; Chariot; Phaeton; Phoebus; Phoebus; Apollo

Media: mta_21047_OBJ.jpg