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Phaethon Encaustic Painting
Phaethon Encaustic Painting

Phaethon Encaustic Painting

$ 105.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Originality: Original
  • Painting Surface: Canvas
  • Height (Inches): 18
  • Medium: Encaustics
  • Date of Creation: 2000-Now
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Subject: Outer Space
  • Style: Surrealism
  • Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
  • Width (Inches): 24

    Description

    In Greek mythology, Phaethon was the son of Helios.  H
    e was struck down by Zeus and fell to his death after
    failing to control the horses of his Father's sun chariot, which he stole and attempted to ride across the sky.
    Phaethon
    combines a portrayal of this story with the 18th century hypothesis of a 5th planet between Mars and Jupiter.  Phaethon was believed to have been destroyed by Jupiter's gravitational pull, forming the asteroid belt.