Illustration for "Seven Chiefs Against Thebes" (recto); Studies of Figures (verso)
John Flaxman
ca. 1794
Medium
Pen and black and gray ink, graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 8 x 15 7/8 in. (20.3 x 40.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Estate of Mrs. Edward Robinson, 1952
Accession Number
52.126.4
Tags
Bow and ArrowShieldsSpearsMen
About the Artist
John Flaxman · 1755–1826
John Flaxman (1755–1826) was born in York, England, the son of John Flaxman Sr., a moulder and seller of plaster casts who ran a studio in London's Covent Garden. Largely self-taught amid his father's stock of classical casts, with minimal formal schooling due to childhood illness, Flaxman displayed prodigious talent early on. At age 12, he won a Society of Arts prize for a medallion; by 15, anoth...