Art Institute of Chicago
Apollo and Diana
John Flaxman, II
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
These are preparatory drawings for illustrations of Alexander Pope's translations of Homer. The conjunction of Flaxman and Pope presents the essence of English neoclassicism: Flaxman was one of its most influential artists; Pope perhaps its central poet. In these drawings, the severe economy of means and the predominant use of outline reflect the visual and moral austerity of the neoclassical aesthetic.
The authoritative record is held by Art Institute of Chicago. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Linked open data
Authority identifiers that link this record into the wider web of cultural data — stable references you can follow to the source.
- Object type
- AAT300033973
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Art Institute of Chicago and other institutions.
Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus's Tragedies and les Argonautes
Art Institute of Chicago
Amphion and Zethus Delivering their Mother Antiope from the Fury of Dirce and Lycus
Art Institute of Chicago
Apollo on Parnassus
Cleveland Museum of Art
Apollo en Diana
Rijksmuseum
Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus
Getty Museum
Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance
Art Institute of Chicago
Apollo and the Muses Awakened by the Call of Fame
Cleveland Museum of Art
Alexander Ceding Campaspe to Apelles
Getty Museum
Apollo and Diana
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Apollo and the Muses
Getty Museum
Apollo with Erato and Cupid
Cleveland Museum of Art
Polyphemus Begging Ulysses for More Wine
Art Institute of Chicago