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Paris and Oenone by John Flaxman

Paris and Oenone

John Flaxman · 1791

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DETAILS
Artist
John Flaxman
Date
1791
Medium
brush and gray wash with pen and pale gray-black ink with graphite and brown ink
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
England, 18th century
Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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John Flaxman

John Flaxman, a leading figure in British Neoclassicism, sculpted funerary monuments and created iconic illustrations for Homer and Dante.

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