1943.699: The Dream of Atossa (Aeschylus)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.699

People

John Flaxman, British (York, England 1755 - 1826 London, England)

Title

The Dream of Atossa (Aeschylus)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th-19th century

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297637

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray ink and graphite on cream wove paper

Dimensions

22.6 x 34.5 cm (8 7/8 x 13 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.699

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• G. E. Bentley, Jr., The Early Engravings of Flaxman's Classical Designs: A Bibliographical Study, New York Public Library (New York, NY, 1964), p. 46
• Stephan Wolohojian, ed., A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New York, 2003), cat. no. 174, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

• A Private Passion: 19th-Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 10/23/2003 - 01/25/2004

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