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| Titles: | Phaeton Driving the Chariot of the Sun Phaéton conduisant le char du soleil |
| Date: | c. 1742; published in 1763 |
| Artists: | Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1691–1764) After Paolo Farinati (Italian, 1524–1606) Aquatint by François Philippe Charpentier (French, 1734–1817) |
| Medium: | Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink |
| Dimensions: | Plate: 17 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (44.9 x 28.8 cm) Sheet: 18 7/16 x 13 1/2 inches (46.9 x 34.3 cm) |
| Classification: | Prints |
| Credit Line: | The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985 |
| Accession Number: | 1985-52-14993 |
| Geography: | Made in Paris, France, Europe |
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