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OriginalThe 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 --Brandmeistertalk 07:24, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

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