Val van Phaethon 1748

"Val van Phaethon," an anonymous engraving from 1748, depicts a scene from Greek mythology. The image shows Phaethon, son of the sun god Helios, falling from the sky after crashing the chariot of the sun. Phaethon is depicted plummeting toward the earth, his horses out of control. The image was originally printed in a book, likely an illustrated text on Greek mythology.