John Flaxman
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John Flaxman
1755-1826
Nestor Offering a Sacrifice to Minerva
Pen and black ink on paper, laid down on a secondary support; framing line in graphite.
8 9/16 x 13 inches (219 x 330 mm)
Gift of John M. Thayer.
2003.28
Notes:
A study for the Odyssey, Book III.
Inscription:
Inscribed in pen and black ink along lower edge of image, "Nestor's Sons; Nestor; Telamachus"; numbered in graphite at lower right, "30"; inscribed in pen and black ink at lower center, "The King himself initiates to the pow'r / B: 3: 1:564 Pope's Od".
Provenance:
John M. Thayer.
Associated names:
Homer. Odyssey
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