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"The Fall of Phaeton" | By Peter Paul Rubens

$49.95

Rubens turns a mythic car crash into a celestial explosion—Phaeton loses control of the sun chariot, Zeus fires off a lightning bolt, and chaos rains down like divine confetti. It’s all fire, motion, and cosmic meltdown.
Your cat’s takeaway? Maybe don’t touch the light fixture again, Apollo.

Rubens turns a mythic car crash into a celestial explosion—Phaeton loses control of the sun chariot, Zeus fires off a lightning bolt, and chaos rains down like divine confetti. It’s all fire, motion, and cosmic meltdown.
Your cat’s takeaway? Maybe don’t touch the light fixture again, Apollo.

    • The Master: Peter Paul Rubens

    • Year Painted: 1604–1605

    • Style: Baroque

    • Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

    • Sky’s the Limit: Rubens depicts the instant Zeus strikes Phaeton for losing control of the sun chariot—an ancient PSA about overconfidence.

    • Winged Witnesses: The Hours (personifications of time) scatter midair, clutching their robes like passengers on the world’s worst Uber ride.

    • Studio Inferno: Rubens painted the piece with dizzying diagonals and wild light—techniques he’d later refine for masterpieces like The Descent from the Cross.

    🐾 Feline Twist: When your cat knocks over the lamp, leaps off the shelf, and somehow blames you—yeah, that’s their Fall of Phaeton moment.

    • Approx. 23”W x 18.5”H

    • Large format, vibrant, high-quality print on durable, semi-rigid thermoplastic.

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