Iliad, Agamemnon and the Wrath of Achilles - Engraving after Flaxman - 1860
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Original antique outline engraving from the Iliad after John Flaxman: Agamemnon, on Nestor's advice, sends Ulysses, Ajax and Phoenix to soften the wrath of Achilles. The figures are named at the foot - Patroclo, Aquiles, Ulises, Ayax, Fenix - beside the signatures Flaxman and Pi. Sc.
Original antique outline engraving from the Iliad after John Flaxman: Agamemnon, on Nestor's advice, sends Ulysses, Ajax and Phoenix to soften the wrath of Achilles. The figures are named at the foot - Patroclo, Aquiles, Ulises, Ayax, Fenix - beside the signatures Flaxman and Pi. Sc.
It belongs to Book IX and bears the number 18 in the series, engraved in outline by Joaquín Pi y Margall after the drawings with which Flaxman fixed the Neoclassical image of Homer.
Medium: Outline engraving on copper.
Artist / after: John Flaxman (1755-1826).
Engraver: Joaquín Pi y Margall.
Date: Circa 1860.
Source: Obras completas de Flaxman, engraved in outline by D. Joaquín Pi y Margall.
Dimensions: Image 8.9 x 5.4 in (22.5 x 13.7 cm).
Condition: Laid down on paper; paper somewhat toned, with an isolated small spot in the margins.
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Original antique outline engraving from the Iliad after John Flaxman: Agamemnon, on Nestor's advice, sends Ulysses, Ajax and Phoenix to soften the wrath of Achilles. The figures are named at the foot - Patroclo, Aquiles, Ulises, Ayax, Fenix - beside the signatures Flaxman and Pi. Sc.