DETAILS
- Artist
- John Flaxman
- Date
- 1777
- Medium
- Jasperware
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Height (wt. confirmed): 17 7/8 in., 14 lb. (45.4 cm, 6.4 kg)
- Collection
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Culture
- British, Etruria, Staffordshire
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1910
THE ARTIST
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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