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Hendrick Goltzius

The Fall of Phaeton

late 16th–early 17th century
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (slightly oxidized); brown ink framing lines; incised for transfer
16.5 × 25.3 cm (6.5 × 10 in)

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