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Description: | A mythological scene depicting Phaeton visiting his father Phoebus Apollo in the clouds. Scene viewed from below, with a number of men, women and animals feasting and drinking amongst lower clouds in bottom half of picture, and a greek temple just visible on the far right. Apollo sits with his lyre on a cloud in the centre of the composition, Phaeton kneeling at his feet to left. Above them Father Time, carrying a scythe and hourglass, wrestles with a figure (Phaeton?) carrying a wreath. This takes place in a painted oval frame, over which spill drunken revellers in the bottom left corner.
medium: oil paint
Apollo and Phaeton with the Seasons by La Fosse, Charles de, about 1689, (1964.40). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.6844 | Go to resource |
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