John FLAXMAN

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

Medium

pen and brown ink on buff paper

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

pen and brown ink on buff paper

Measurements

18.2 × 24.6 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

(Rome), Italy

Accession Number

354-5

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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)

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John FLAXMAN

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