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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.696
People
John Flaxman, British (York, England 1755 - 1826 London, England)
Title
The Daughters of Danaus Prostrating Themselves before the Gods (Aeschylus)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297566

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray ink and graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
17 x 34 cm (6 11/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.696
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), pp. 136-137, no. 95a, repr. p. 137

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