1695
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun is a 1695 oil by Johann Michael Rottmayr, a Barbizon school work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a man, Apollo, handing reins to a younger man, Phaeton, in a big chariot. This painting is interesting because it shows a moment from a Greek myth. The story is about Phaeton, who wants to drive the chariot of the sun. Check out the technique of glazing to learn more about how the artist created the shiny, sun-like effects in this painting.
Unknown Illinois banker; given by banker to Jacob S. Sherman, Chicago, during the 1930s as collateral for a loan that was never repaid [according to Robert Parker Sherman, son of Jacob S. Sherman, telephone conversation with Martha Wolff, 23 July 2003, transcribed in curatorial file]; bequeathed by Jacob S. Sherman (died 1961) to the Art Institute, 1961.
Sarasota, Fla., John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, "Central Europe: 1600–1800," 27 January–27 February 1972.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 405A. Edward A. Maser, "Five Early Paintings by Johann Michael Rottmayr," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 2 (1967), pp. 19, 22–31, pl. 2. Edward A. Maser, "Fünf frühe Gemälde des Johann Rottmayr," Alte und Moderne Kunst 24 (1979), pp. 1–4, ill. no. 5. Erich Hubala, Johann Michael Rottmayr (Vienna, 1981) p. 182, no. G22, fig. 44.
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Johann Michael Rottmayr (1656–1730) was an Austrian artist, born in Laufen.
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