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Painting of a youth driving a chariot with white horses across a night sky above a walled town, with figures and dogs in a landscape below.

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus

A late fifteenth-century Northern Italian tempera painting shows a youth in a flaming chariot drawn by white horses across a dark sky, above a walled town. Below, classical-looking women, dogs, a seated woman with a child, and a figure in yellow robes stand in a hilly landscape.

Artist
Northern Italian
Date
1475–1500
Medium
Tempera or distemper on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1707 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1500).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, George F. Harding Collection

Español: Faetón conduciendo el carro de Febo

Una pintura al temple del norte de Italia, de finales del siglo XV, muestra a un joven en un carro tirado por caballos blancos cruzando un cielo oscuro, sobre una ciudad amurallada. Abajo, mujeres de aspecto clásico, perros, una mujer sentada con un niño y una figura con túnica amarilla se encuentran en un paisaje con colinas.

Português: Faetonte conduzindo a carruagem de Febo

Uma pintura a têmpera do norte da Itália, do fim do século XV, mostra um jovem em uma carruagem puxada por cavalos brancos cruzando um céu escuro, acima de uma cidade murada. Embaixo, mulheres de aparência clássica, cães, uma mulher sentada com uma criança e uma figura de vestes amarelas estão em uma paisagem de colinas.

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