The Fall of Phaeton by Michelangelo 1533

Item

Title
The Fall of Phaeton by Michelangelo 1533
Artist
Joseph Smith
Format
11.75 x 18
Medium
Graphite
Description
A renaissance style vertical drawing. At the top, there is a man emerging from a cloud holding a lightening bolt riding an eagle. In the center, there is a tipped cart of animals spilling out: four hourses and a man. At the bottom there are women, a man, and a child looking at the scene above them, cowering. The old man lays with his arm over a vessel leaking water turning into a stream.
Prison
Newberry Correctional Facility
Location in the Gallery
Wall F
Log Number
126-22
Source
26th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
Date
2021
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