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Giovanni Bernardi: The Fall of Phaethon   (  )
Artist	Giovanni Bernardi  (1494–1553)     Alternative names Giovanni da Castel Bolognese Description Italian gem engraver and medal engraver Date of birth/death 1494  22 May 1553  Location of birth/death Castel Bolognese Faenza Authority file : Q632781 VIAF: 32797151 ISNI: 0000000117571123 ULAN: 500054850 LCCN: n91045563 GND: 119005026 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q632781
Title	The Fall of Phaethon
Description	English: The story of Phaeton, or Pheathon, is described in "The Metamorphoses" by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC-AD 17). Son of the sun-god Helios, Phaeton once decided to drive his father's chariot across the sky. When he lost control of the horses, endangering the earth, Jupiter killed him with a thunderbolt. Here, Phaeton's mourning sisters are being transformed into trees. Ovid wrote that their tears became amber, carried away by the Eridanus River (today known as the Po River), symbolized by the reclining river god. The swan is Cycnus, Phaeton's friend who was transformed through his grief into a bird. Bernardi, one of the most important engravers of rock crystal of the Renaissance, made this piece in Rome for Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici (1511-35). It copies a famous design by Michelangelo.
Date	between 1531 and 1535 date QS:P571,+1531-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1531-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1535-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium	rock crystal
Dimensions	7.3 × 6.2 cm (2.8 × 2.4 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	41.69
Place of creation	Rome, Italy
Object history	Strozzi family, Florence Raoul Heilbronner, Paris Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984. Vita di Michelangelo. Ente Casa Buonarroti, Firenze. 2001-2002. Déjà Vu? The Repeating Image in Renaissance and Baroque Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2007-2008.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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