The Fall of Phaeton

NICOLAS BEATRIZET (CIRCA 1507/15-1573) AFTER MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI (1475-1564) The Fall of Phaeton engraving, circa 1540-65, on laid paper, watermark Eagle in a Single Circle under Crown (similar to Briquet 209, Verona 1582-96), a good impression, printing a little dryly along the upper and right edges, trimmed to or fractionally into the subject, a repaired tear at the lower sheet edge to the right and another, shorter tear to the left, otherwise in good condition Sheet 410 x 285 mm.