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Bas relief model, 'Adam and Eve in Paradise'. SM M959. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: John Bridges
John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor
Model, ‘Adam and Eve in Paradise’
Plaster
Museum number: M959
On display: Apollo Recess
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Curatorial note
This small relief by Soane’s friend, the celebrated sculptor John Flaxman, along with another the same size, ‘Satan fleeing from the angels Gabriel and Ithuriel' (M965), depicts a scene from John Milton's Paradise Lost. In his Royal Academy lectures, Flaxman urged sculptors to take subjects from this celebrated epic poem.
Literature
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
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