Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter – "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven), Her Wings Display'd" (Pope's Iliad, Book 14, line 293)

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Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter – "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven), Her Wings Display'd" (Pope's Iliad, Book 14, line 293)

Creator

John Flaxman Jr.

English artist (1755–1826) · 1755–1826

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Date
1793
Medium
Pen and black ink over graphite
Department
Drawings and Prints
Institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object ID
341697
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