John FLAXMAN
The Descent of Minerva to Ithaca and Telemachus in search.of his father
(1792)

Medium
pen and brown ink on buff paper

Measurements
18.2 × 24.6 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
(Rome), Italy

Accession Number
354-5

Department
International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
deities Ithaca (island) Minerva (Roman deity) Odyssey (epic poem, Homer, 8th century BCE) Telemachus (Greek character)