Night and Sleep, Iliad - Flaxman Outline Engraving, Pi y Margall - 1861
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Original 1861 outline engraving, executed by Joaquín Pi y Margall after a composition by John Flaxman for the Iliad (Book XIV). Below the image, the caption in Spanish: "Cubre la noche con sus alas al sueño que Júpiter iba á precipitar del alto del Olimpo".
Original 1861 outline engraving, executed by Joaquín Pi y Margall after a composition by John Flaxman for the Iliad (Book XIV). Below the image, the caption in Spanish: "Cubre la noche con sus alas al sueño que Júpiter iba á precipitar del alto del Olimpo".
It comes from the Obras completas de Flaxman engraved in outline by don Joaquín Pi y Margall, brother of the politician Francisco Pi y Margall, published in Spain around 1860-1861. Flaxman's outlines for Homer, circulated throughout Europe, were among the canonical images of Neoclassicism.
Medium: Outline engraving (copper engraving).
Artist / after: John Flaxman.
Engraver: Joaquín Pi y Margall.
Date: 1861.
Source: Obras completas de Flaxman; Iliad, Book XIV, no. 23.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 7.8 in (14 x 19.7 cm).
Condition: Sheet laid down on a support paper; scattered foxing, more visible at the upper left corner and in the right margin.
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Original 1861 outline engraving, executed by Joaquín Pi y Margall after a composition by John Flaxman for the Iliad (Book XIV). Below the image, the caption in Spanish: "Cubre la noche con sus alas al sueño que Júpiter iba á precipitar del alto del Olimpo".