Diomedes Wounds the God Mars, Iliad - Original Flaxman Engraving - 1861
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Original 1861 outline engraving, the work of Joaquín Pi y Margall after a drawing by John Flaxman for Homer's Iliad. Title engraved at the foot: "Protegido por Minerva hiere Diomedes al dios Marte".
Original 1861 outline engraving, the work of Joaquín Pi y Margall after a drawing by John Flaxman for Homer's Iliad. Title engraved at the foot: "Protegido por Minerva hiere Diomedes al dios Marte".
The group of the chariot and rearing horses is one of the most successful compositions of movement in Flaxman's Homeric series, much imitated afterwards by Romantic illustration.
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 V, no. 12, 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 toning of the support paper, without stains of importance in the image. Laid down on a support paper.
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Original 1861 outline engraving, the work of Joaquín Pi y Margall after a drawing by John Flaxman for Homer's Iliad. Title engraved at the foot: "Protegido por Minerva hiere Diomedes al dios Marte".