Live Auction 5979Old Master, 19th Century and British Drawings and Watercolours
Christie’s roundel
Lot 631 Property from the Collection of Jerrold and Jackie Ziff, Illinois

John Flaxman, R.A. (York 1755-1826 London)

Medea enamoured of Jason, or Merope expelled from the Society of the Hyades

Closed9 July 2009

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GBP 3,250

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John Flaxman, R.A. (York 1755-1826 London)
Medea enamoured of Jason, or Merope expelled from the Society of the Hyades
inscribed and numbered 'medea enamoured of Jason/by the influence of Venus/36 Hyg/Merope expelled from/the Society of the Hyades/207' (upper left)
pencil, pen and black ink
11¼ x 15½ in. (28.5 x 39.4 cm.)

Alfred de Pass (L. 2104E) , The Royal Institute of Cornwall, Truro.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 February 1966, lot 14.
with Alistair Mathews, Bournemouth, where acquired by the present owner, 1967.

Specialist note

The sheet was formerly in an album of drawings of classical and allegorical compositions that were executed by Flaxman during his stay in Rome from 1787 to 1794.