The Fall of Phaeton
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The Fall of PhaetonSebastiano del Piombo

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This fragment (c. 1511) shows Phaeton falling from the sky after failing to control the sun chariot of his father Helios. To save the world, Zeus strikes him down. Part of Sebastiano del Piombo’s mythological cycle at Villa Farnesina, it complements Raphael’s Triumph of Galatea with a dramatic warning against hubris.