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The Fall of Phaeton

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Original – The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1604/1605. The painting depicts the myth at the height of its action, with the thunderbolts hurled by Zeus to the right while the butterfly winged female figures, representing the hours and seasons, react in terror.

Reason

Straight from the National Gallery of Art and perhaps one of Rubens' gems.

Articles in which this image appears

The Fall of Phaeton (Rubens)

FP category for this image

Paintings

Creator

Peter Paul Rubens

• Support as nominator --Brandmeister^talk 07:24, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
• Support - Oooh! — Crisco 1492 (talk)
• Support - Lovely. (Question about size): I wonder tought about the dimensions... 98.4 × 131.2 cm .. the size of a coffee table? - surely it is much bigger)... OK, I got that, it is a reproduction, a poster. Well, still it is weird to say 98.4 × 131.2 cm ...38.7 × 51.7 inch -I do think that the original is probably several metres. This [1] said, painting in the large scale. The Fall of Phaeton above is one example of Ruben’s masterful composition on a large scale... 98.4 × 131.2 cm (38.7 × 51.7 in) - is not much of a large scale. Hafspajen (talk) 13:02, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

• All of the sources give 98.4 * 131.2 (ex). I don't think Empty Easel is a site to rely on. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:57, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
• The National Gallery of Art entry confirms it's 98.4 x 131.2 cm, without framing. Brandmeister^talk 18:27, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

• How weird. That is a very little space to put all this grandious, flamboyant, splashy, magnificent work on. Great picture. Hafspajen (talk) 21:31, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
• Ah, the explanation: an early work!!! [2]. Thereof the moderate size. His later paintings are much bigger. (Sure when counting he was 27 years when he painted it) Hafspajen (talk) 04:33, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

• Support Gorgeous work by an old master, well-reproduced. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 14:47, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
• Support SagaciousPhil - Chat 10:54, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:Peter Paul Rubens - The Fall of Phaeton (National Gallery of Art).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:25, 24 April 2014 (UTC)