Painting of a laurel-crowned god reclining on red drapery, arm raised, as a kneeling youth in a brown cloak looks up at him amid clouds and onlookers.

Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun

A radiant, laurel-crowned young god reclines on a gilded seat draped in red cloth, extending one arm upward while a kneeling youth in a brown cloak gazes up at him. Women and a bearded figure gather in clouds beneath a sky with a curved arc of light, in an oil painting with luminous flesh tones.

Artist: Johann Michael Rottmayr
Date: c. 1695
Medium: Oil on canvas
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1087 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Jacob S. Sherman

Greek and Roman Myths 17th century baroque painting 1690s 1695 oil on canvas mythology clouds laurel wreath red drapery gods and goddesses sun chariot phaeton rottmayr apollo

Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun

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