# Phaeton, from "The Four Disgracers", in The Northern Renaissance

Hendrick Goltzius made this in 1588, aged 30. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Phaeton, son of the sun god, who lost control of his father’s chariot and was struck down by Jupiter, tumbles headlong through the air in a circular frame, his muscular body twisted in dramatic foreshortening.

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## The work

- Date: 1588
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Diameter: 13 3/16 in. (33.5 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 53.601.338(5)
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Hendrick Goltzius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/hendrick-goltzius), Dutch, 1558–1617

Goltzius was the outstanding Dutch engraver of his generation, despite a childhood injury that crippled his right hand.

7 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Hendrick Goltzius](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/hendrick-goltzius?hang=749) (7 works)
- [More prints of the 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/print-16?hang=749) (54 works)
- [16th-century Netherlands](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-netherlands?hang=749) (35 works)

## Get it

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