Art, literature & history
The Fall of Phaeton
1745/1750
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink over red chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper
- Dimensions
- Overall (approximate): 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.) support: 50.6 x 43.4 cm (19 15/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1978.52.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Gaspare Diziani. The Fall of Phaeton. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Fall of Phaeton — Gaspare Diziani. 1745/1750.
Medium: pen and brown ink over red chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): Overall (approximate): 40.7 x 33 cm (16 x 13 in.) support: 50.6 x 43.4 cm (19 15/16 x 17 1/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1978.52.3. Andrew W. Mellon Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.