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John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor

Bas relief, ‘The Silver Age’

Plaster

Height: 18cm
Width: 23.5cm
Depth: 2.5cm

Museum number: SC47

On display: Staircase - first to second floor (pre-booked tours only)
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Curatorial note

A page from a sketchbook with studies n Flaxman's hand for the pair of panels of 'The Golden Age' and 'The Silver Age' is in the collection of the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, accession no. 1982.219. Their catalogue dates the sketches to c.1825 (see L. Eitner, B.G. Fryberger, C.M. Osborne, The Drawing Collection, Stanford, 1993, p.377, no. 587).

Literature

Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003

Associated items

SC45, pair


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