Minerva Departs for Ithaca - Engraving after Flaxman - Odyssey, 19th C.
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Copper engraving in outline after a drawing by John Flaxman: Minerva strides forward with her spear on her shoulder and her cloak in the wind, above the skyline of a city. Lettered below in Spanish: Minerva goes to Ithaca to advise Telemachus to set out for Pylos and Sparta for news of his father.
Copper engraving in outline after a drawing by John Flaxman: Minerva strides forward with her spear on her shoulder and her cloak in the wind, above the skyline of a city. Lettered below in Spanish: Minerva goes to Ithaca to advise Telemachus to set out for Pylos and Sparta for news of his father.
The outline series that Flaxman (1755-1826) drew for the Iliad and the Odyssey circulated throughout Europe and were one of the graphic models of Neoclassicism.
Medium: Outline copper engraving
Artist / after: After John Flaxman (1755-1826)
Engraver / lithographer: Signed "Pi" below the image
Date: 19th Century
Source: Spanish edition of the Odyssey, Book I, number 2
Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.1 in (26.4 x 18 cm)
Condition: Fair, with a damp stain at the right side and light creases in the margin.
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Copper engraving in outline after a drawing by John Flaxman: Minerva strides forward with her spear on her shoulder and her cloak in the wind, above the skyline of a city. Lettered below in Spanish: Minerva goes to Ithaca to advise Telemachus to set out for Pylos and Sparta for news of his father.