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John Flaxman

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Pencil sketch of studies of a kneeling boy in several poses, with head and seated figure studies on pale paper.

Studies of a Kneeling Boy

1755

Pencil sketch of a seated figure bent forward with head lowered and arms folded, on pale paper.

Seated Figure Bending Forward

in or after 1806

Pencil sketch of a lion's head and forepaw resting on the lower right of a pale sheet of paper.

Lion

1755

Pencil sketch of a tall monument with sculptural figures on top, a stepped pedestal, and small figures at its base.

Design for Monument or Metalwork

1755

Pencil sketch of three head studies on pale paper: an upturned youthful face and two profiles with curled, bound hair.

Head of Mary Magdalen and Two Saints (?)

1755

Striding Female with Palm

1755

Pencil sketch of a standing man leaning over two reclining figures, with faint figures sketched in the lower left corner.

Seated Man Flanked by Two Reclining Figures; Huddle of Figures in Lower Left Corner

c. 1790

Pen and pencil sketches of a standing woman in a long gown, shown from several angles on one sheet.

Three Sketches of a Standing Woman

c. 1790

Grey wash drawing of two draped women, one comforting the other with a hand on her shoulder, beside a small fire.

Two women grieving

1779-1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of two draped women reclining, one comforting the other, against a dark tonal background.

Comfort the Afflicted

c. 1790

Four Seated Figures

1755

Pencil drawing of a warrior in a plumed helmet driving a chariot pulled by horses, with a bearded guide and a shield at the s

Composition from the "Tragedies of Aeschylus," plate 17 (recto); Goddess statue from "The Suppliants," plate 7 (verso)

19th century

Pencil and brown ink sketch of reclining nude figures, including a woman and a child, arranged in two horizontal rows.

Sketch No. 2

Line engraving of a couple embracing in a room while a figure peeks from a doorway, from Flaxman's 1804 Dante illustrations.

Dantes Hölle. Inferno V, "La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante"

1804

Line engraving of nude figures crawling on a shaded slope beneath two laurel-crowned figures on a ledge, with Italian caption

Dantes Hölle. Inferno XXIX, "Qual sovra ´l ventre, e quale sovra le spalle / L´un de l´altro giacea, e qual carpone /…

1804

Engraved illustration of a winged three-faced demon emerging from ice, from John Flaxman's 1804 Dante's Inferno series.

Dantes Hölle. Inferno XXXIV, "Lo ´mperador del doloroso regno / Da mezzo ´l petto uscia fuore de la ghiaccia."

1804

Line engraving of Dante and Virgil standing above frozen heads in Dante's Inferno, Canto XXXII, by John Flaxman, 1804.

Dantes Hölle. Inferno XXXII, "Fa si che tu non calchi con le piante / Le teste die fratei miseri lassi."

1804

Line engraving of two reclining figures, one older man leaning over another, against a hatched arched background, from Flaxma

Dantes Hölle. Inferno XXXIII, "...io mi diedi / Già cieco a brancolar sovra ciascuno."

1804

Pencil sketch of Saint George fighting a dragon inside a circular medal design, signed Flaxman in the lower right.

Design for a Medal Representing Saint George and the Dragon

c. 1800?