Achilles and Agamemnon, Iliad - Original Flaxman Engraving - 1861
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Original outline engraving executed in 1861 by Joaquín Pi y Margall after a drawing by John Flaxman for Homer's Iliad. Title engraved at the foot: "Aquiles arrebatado de colera contra Agamenon quiere matarle; Minerva le detiene".
Original outline engraving executed in 1861 by Joaquín Pi y Margall after a drawing by John Flaxman for Homer's Iliad. Title engraved at the foot: "Aquiles arrebatado de colera contra Agamenon quiere matarle; Minerva le detiene".
It corresponds to the first book of the poem, the scene that sets the whole action in motion. Flaxman, an English sculptor, won European fame with these outline series, which Pi y Margall engraved anew for the Spanish edition of his complete works.
Medium: Outline engraving (copper engraving) on paper.
Artist / after: John Flaxman (1755-1826).
Engraver: Joaquín Pi y Margall.
Date: 1861.
Source: Homer's Iliad, Book I, no. 2, from the Obras completas de Flaxman engraved in outline by D. Joaquín Pi y Margall.
Dimensions: Plate mark 5.5 x 7.8 in (14 x 19.7 cm).
Condition: Good. Light foxing in the lower margin of the support paper; image clean. Laid down on a support paper.
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Original outline engraving executed in 1861 by Joaquín Pi y Margall after a drawing by John Flaxman for Homer's Iliad. Title engraved at the foot: "Aquiles arrebatado de colera contra Agamenon quiere matarle; Minerva le detiene".