#phaeton

[sculppp]

Sebastiano Ricci (1659 – 1734)

Fall of Phaeton (Caduta di Fetonte),detail.

[leatherandmossprints]

‘The Fall of Phaeton’ (detail) by Hendrick Goltzius, after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, c. 1588.

[the-evil-clergyman]

Phaeton, from Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse by Donn P. Crane (1925)

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Triumphal: a collection of vintage chariots is wheeling along.

[ratatoskryggdrasil]

William Horace Littlefield, The Fall of Phaeton, 1939

[en-wheelz-me]

[koredzas]

Unknown Artist - Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebu. 1475 - 1500

[mensfactory]

1930 Cadillac V-16 Sport Phaeton,

RM Sotheby’s

[it-me-sannore]

Things I've learned from Bridgerton: phaeton

It's literally a ye olde convertible! Makes me laugh.

The first (and only?) time we see a phaeton mentioned is in "An Offer from a Gentleman". Benedict and Sophie are failing to stay dry during a downpour, riding in what's essentially an open top convertible.

Benedict's hacking up a lung and not driving well so Sophie pretty much demands the keys to the Ferrari. Who let's a stranger drive their expensive car?? Rich people, that's who.

I imagine they might swap out the phaeton in the show. Replacements can include:

Horseback - imagine Benophie sharing horse, in the rain. Ooh-la-la!

A carriage - but will we be all-carriaged out from season 3? Plus how will he get sick?

Walking in the rain - classic two feet situation, caught unawares.

All the possibilities!

[illustratus]

The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens

The Fall of Phaeton is a painting by the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, featuring the ancient Greek myth of Phaeton (Phaethon), a recurring theme in visual arts. Rubens chose to depict the myth at the height of its action, with the thunderbolts hurled by Zeus to the right. The thunderbolts provide the light contrast to facilitate the display of horror on the faces of Phaeton, the horses and other figures while preserving the darkness of the event. The butterfly winged female figures represent the hours and seasons, who react in terror as the night and day cycle becomes disrupted. The great astrological circle that arches the heavens is also disrupted. The assemblage of bodies form a diagonal oval in the center, separating dark and light sides of the canvas. The bodies are arranged so as to assist the viewer's travel continually around that oval.

[triste-le-roy]

The Four Disgracers (Icarus, Phaeton, Tantalus, Ixion) (After Cornelius Cornelisz van Haarlem) (Hendrick Goltzius, 1558). (via The Met)

[lostpeace]

Phainon and Phaeton, the ancient Greek daemons representing the planets Saturn and Jupiter.

[fatherlybeast]

Phaeton, from Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse by Donn P. Crane (1925)

[yewsoup]

I got hit inexplicably hard with the idea of sending these two to deal with modern society and had to draw this immediately.

[en-wheelz-me]

[greekmythcomix]

What is HUBRIS? (2022)

Also a video: https://youtu.be/R5KHO9WmyHA