Hendrick Goltzius, Phaethon, The Four Disgracers, 1588

Hendrick Goltzius, Phaethon, The Four Disgracers, 1588Hendrick Goltzius's "Phaethon, The Four Disgracers" is an engraving created in 1588 that depicts the story of Phaethon from Greek mythology. The image shows Phaethon, son of the sun god Helios, driving his father's chariot across the sky, but unable to control the horses and causing chaos and destruction on earth. In the foreground of the image, four figures known as the "Four Disgracers" are shown mocking Phaethon and his failure. The figures

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